--- src/utils/mac/SkCTFont.cpp.orig	2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ src/utils/mac/SkCTFont.cpp	2025-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@
  * font smoothing will be applied if we request it. The main issue is that if
  * smoothing is applied a gamma of 2.0 will be used, if not a gamma of 1.0.
  */
+#if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= 1070
 SkCTFontSmoothBehavior SkCTFontGetSmoothBehavior() {
     static SkCTFontSmoothBehavior gSmoothBehavior = []{
         uint32_t noSmoothBitmap[16][16] = {};
@@ -274,6 +275,14 @@ SkCTFontSmoothBehavior SkCTFontGetSmooth
     }();
     return gSmoothBehavior;
 }
+#else
+// CTFontDrawGlyphs and CTFontManagerCreateFontDescriptorFromData are 10.7+
+// On 10.6 and earlier, assume some smoothing behavior
+SkCTFontSmoothBehavior SkCTFontGetSmoothBehavior() {
+    // Default to "some" smoothing on older systems
+    return SkCTFontSmoothBehavior::some;
+}
+#endif

 SkCTFontWeightMapping& SkCTFontGetNSFontWeightMapping() {
     // In the event something goes wrong finding the real values, use this mapping.
@@ -371,7 +380,17 @@ SkCTFontWeightMapping& SkCTFontGetNSFont
             if (!cfData) {
                 return;
             }
+#if MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= 1070
             SkUniqueCFRef<CTFontDescriptorRef> desc(
                     CTFontManagerCreateFontDescriptorFromData(cfData.get()));
+#else
+            // Use CGFont approach for 10.6
+            SkUniqueCFRef<CGDataProviderRef> provider(
+                    CGDataProviderCreateWithCFData(cfData.get()));
+            SkUniqueCFRef<CGFontRef> cgFont(CGFontCreateWithDataProvider(provider.get()));
+            SkUniqueCFRef<CTFontRef> tmpFont(
+                    CTFontCreateWithGraphicsFont(cgFont.get(), 0, nullptr, nullptr));
+            SkUniqueCFRef<CTFontDescriptorRef> desc(CTFontCopyFontDescriptor(tmpFont.get()));
+#endif
             if (!desc) {
                 return;
             }