title: error when trying to import a font file in python/ pygame
body: <p>I'm trying to import a font file like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>BASICFONT = pygame.font.Font('/home/user/pygame/lib/freesansbold.ttf', 18)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but then I get this error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>OSError: unable to read font file '/home/user/pygame/lib/freesansbold.ttf'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What is going wrong here?</p>