Note to Windows users that FreeType will keep the font file open #6485
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Resolves #6324
It has been requested we document that on Windows, FreeType keeps the font file open while Pillow is using it.
Testing this,
on Windows, I see a PermissionError. On macOS and Linux, there is no problem.
The error disappears on CPython if you insert
del font
beforeos.remove
.