Removed support for FreeType <= 2.9.0

Tests/test_imagefont.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, BinaryIO
 
 import pytest
-from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont, features
 from PIL._typing import StrOrBytesPath
@@ -691,16 +690,6 @@ def test_complex_font_settings() -> None:
 
 
 def test_variation_get(font: ImageFont.FreeTypeFont) -> None:
-    version = features.version_module("freetype2")
-    assert version is not None
-    freetype = parse_version(version)
-    if freetype < parse_version("2.9.1"):
-        with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
-            font.get_variation_names()
-        with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
-            font.get_variation_axes()
-        return
-
     with pytest.raises(OSError):
         font.get_variation_names()
     with pytest.raises(OSError):
@@ -763,14 +752,6 @@ def _check_text(font: ImageFont.FreeTypeFont, path: str, epsilon: float) -> None
 
 
 def test_variation_set_by_name(font: ImageFont.FreeTypeFont) -> None:
-    version = features.version_module("freetype2")
-    assert version is not None
-    freetype = parse_version(version)
-    if freetype < parse_version("2.9.1"):
-        with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
-            font.set_variation_by_name("Bold")
-        return
-
     with pytest.raises(OSError):
         font.set_variation_by_name("Bold")
 
@@ -790,14 +771,6 @@ def test_variation_set_by_name(font: ImageFont.FreeTypeFont) -> None:
 
 
 def test_variation_set_by_axes(font: ImageFont.FreeTypeFont) -> None:
-    version = features.version_module("freetype2")
-    assert version is not None
-    freetype = parse_version(version)
-    if freetype < parse_version("2.9.1"):
-        with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
-            font.set_variation_by_axes([100])
-        return
-
     with pytest.raises(OSError):
         font.set_variation_by_axes([500, 50])
 
@@ -1209,15 +1182,3 @@ def test_invalid_truetype_sizes_raise_valueerror(
 ) -> None:
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         ImageFont.truetype(FONT_PATH, size, layout_engine=layout_engine)
-
-
-def test_freetype_deprecation(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
-    # Arrange: mock features.version_module to return fake FreeType version
-    def fake_version_module(module: str) -> str:
-        return "2.9.0"
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr(features, "version_module", fake_version_module)
-
-    # Act / Assert
-    with pytest.warns(DeprecationWarning, match="FreeType 2.9.0"):
-        ImageFont.truetype(FONT_PATH, FONT_SIZE)

docs/deprecations.rst

@@ -19,19 +19,6 @@ ImageDraw.getdraw hints parameter
 
 The ``hints`` parameter in :py:meth:`~PIL.ImageDraw.getdraw()` has been deprecated.
 
-FreeType 2.9.0
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-.. deprecated:: 11.0.0
-
-Support for FreeType 2.9.0 is deprecated and will be removed in Pillow 12.0.0
-(2025-10-15), when FreeType 2.9.1 will be the minimum supported.
-
-We recommend upgrading to at least FreeType `2.10.4`_, which fixed a severe
-vulnerability introduced in FreeType 2.6 (:cve:`2020-15999`).
-
-.. _2.10.4: https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.10.4/
-
 ExifTags.IFD.Makernote
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
@@ -79,7 +66,7 @@ Deprecated features are only removed in major releases after an appropriate
 period of deprecation has passed.
 
 ImageFile.raise_oserror
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 .. deprecated:: 10.2.0
 .. versionremoved:: 12.0.0
@@ -89,7 +76,7 @@ only useful for translating error codes returned by a codec's ``decode()`` metho
 which ImageFile already did automatically.
 
 IptcImageFile helper functions
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 .. deprecated:: 10.2.0
 .. versionremoved:: 12.0.0
@@ -100,7 +87,7 @@ intended for internal use, so there is no replacement. They can each be replaced
 single line of code using builtin functions in Python.
 
 ImageCms constants and versions() function
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 .. deprecated:: 10.3.0
 .. versionremoved:: 12.0.0
@@ -181,6 +168,20 @@ ImageDraw.getdraw hints parameter
 
 The ``hints`` parameter in :py:meth:`~PIL.ImageDraw.getdraw()` has been removed.
 
+FreeType 2.9.0
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. deprecated:: 11.0.0
+.. versionremoved:: 12.0.0
+
+Support for FreeType 2.9.0 has been removed. FreeType 2.9.1 is the minimum version
+supported.
+
+We recommend upgrading to at least FreeType `2.10.4`_, which fixed a severe
+vulnerability introduced in FreeType 2.6 (:cve:`2020-15999`).
+
+.. _2.10.4: https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.10.4/
+
 ICNS (width, height, scale) sizes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

src/PIL/ImageFont.py

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from io import BytesIO
 from types import ModuleType
 from typing import IO, Any, BinaryIO, TypedDict, cast
 
-from . import Image, features
+from . import Image
 from ._typing import StrOrBytesPath
 from ._util import DeferredError, is_path
 
@@ -236,21 +236,6 @@ class FreeTypeFont:
         self.index = index
         self.encoding = encoding
 
-        try:
-            from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
-        else:
-            if freetype_version := features.version_module("freetype2"):
-                if parse_version(freetype_version) < parse_version("2.9.1"):
-                    warnings.warn(
-                        "Support for FreeType 2.9.0 is deprecated and will be removed "
-                        "in Pillow 12 (2025-10-15). Please upgrade to FreeType 2.9.1 "
-                        "or newer, preferably FreeType 2.10.4 which fixes "
-                        "CVE-2020-15999.",
-                        DeprecationWarning,
-                    )
-
         if layout_engine not in (Layout.BASIC, Layout.RAQM):
             layout_engine = Layout.BASIC
             if core.HAVE_RAQM: