@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Passing `bytes` to ``FT2Font.set_text``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+... is deprecated, pass `str` instead.
@@ -648,6 +648,13 @@ static PyObject *PyFT2Font_set_text(PyFT2Font *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *k
         }
 #endif
     } else if (PyBytes_Check(textobj)) {
+        if (PyErr_WarnEx(
+            PyExc_FutureWarning,
+            "Passing bytes to FTFont.set_text is deprecated since Matplotlib "
+            "3.4 and support will be removed in Matplotlib 3.6; pass str instead",
+            1)) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
         size = PyBytes_Size(textobj);
         codepoints.resize(size);
         char *bytestr = PyBytes_AsString(textobj);
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	1	+ Passing `bytes` to ``FT2Font.set_text``
	2	+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
	3	+ ... is deprecated, pass `str` instead.