The pillow wheel doesn't seem to be compiled with libraqm support, required for text features such as ligatures and bidirectional text. Running this on a Raspberry Pi returns False unless the user compiles it themselves.
>>> from PIL import features
>>> features.check_feature("raqm")
Package name
pillow
Package version
all
PyPI URL
https://pypi.org/project/pillow/
piwheels URL
https://www.piwheels.org/project/pillow/
Python version
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The pillow wheel doesn't seem to be compiled with libraqm support, required for text features such as ligatures and bidirectional text. Running this on a Raspberry Pi returns
Falseunless the user compiles it themselves.See also: https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/6023 https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/7121