Be able to load a Face from a non-ASCII path on Windows

Author: moi15moi

freetype/__init__.py

@@ -1182,9 +1182,19 @@ def __init__( self, path_or_stream, index = 0 ):
         if hasattr(path_or_stream, "read"):
             error = self._init_from_memory(library, face, index, path_or_stream.read())
         else:
-            try:
-                error = self._init_from_file(library, face, index, path_or_stream)
-            except UnicodeError:
+            open_from_memory = False
+
+            if platform.system() == "Windows" and not path_or_stream.isascii():
+                # FreeType cannot load fonts with non-ASCII characters on Windows
+                # See: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype/-/issues/1098
+                open_from_memory = True
+            else:
+                try:
+                    error = self._init_from_file(library, face, index, path_or_stream)
+                except UnicodeError:
+                    open_from_memory = True
+
+            if open_from_memory:
                 with open(path_or_stream, mode="rb") as f:
                     filebody = f.read()
                 error = self._init_from_memory(library, face, index, filebody)