freetype font and pillow

[vahidajalluian]

It seems in Pillow library version over 9.5 getsize method has been removed. So either change the method or limit the library to be installed to 9.5.
Here is the log I get for now.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/threading.py", line 1016, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/threading.py", line 953, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/home/vahidajalluian/yolov5-7.0/utils/plots.py", line 305, in plot_images
    annotator.box_label(box, label, color=color)
  File "/home/vahidajalluian/yolov5-7.0/utils/plots.py", line 91, in box_label
    w, h = self.font.getsize(label)  # text width, height
AttributeError: 'FreeTypeFont' object has no attribute 'getsize'
Exception in thread Thread-6 (plot_images):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/threading.py", line 1016, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/threading.py", line 953, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/home/vahidajalluian/yolov5-7.0/utils/plots.py", line 305, in plot_images
    annotator.box_label(box, label, color=color)
  File "/home/vahidajalluian/yolov5-7.0/utils/plots.py", line 91, in box_label
    w, h = self.font.getsize(label)  # text width, height
AttributeError: 'FreeTypeFont' object has no attribute 'getsize'

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👋 Hello @vahidajalluian, thank you for bringing up this issue and for your interest in YOLOv5 🚀! It seems you’ve encountered a compatibility issue related to the getsize method in the Pillow library that's affecting the FreeTypeFont class.

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File "/home/vahidajalluian/yolov5-7.0/utils/plots.py", line 91

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[pderrenger]

@vahidajalluian thank you for bringing this to our attention! The issue arises because Pillow versions above 9.5 have removed the getsize method from the FreeTypeFont class, replacing it with getbbox. To resolve this, you can either:

1. Downgrade Pillow to version 9.5 using pip install pillow==9.5.0.
2. Update the affected part of the code to use getbbox instead of getsize. For example:

w, h = self.font.getbbox(label)[2:]  # text width, height

Please ensure you are using the latest YOLOv5 version as well to avoid other compatibility issues. Let us know if you need further assistance!