diff --git a/libass/ass_coretext.c b/libass/ass_coretext.c
index 030ff8e..7766ff1 100644
--- libass/ass_coretext.c
+++ libass/ass_coretext.c
@@ -86,17 +86,18 @@ static bool check_glyph(void *priv, uint32_t code)
 static char *get_font_file(CTFontDescriptorRef fontd)
 {
     CFURLRef url = NULL;
-    if (false) {}
 #ifdef MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_6
     // Declared in SDKs since 10.6, including iOS SDKs
-    else if (CHECK_AVAILABLE(kCTFontURLAttribute, macOS 10.6, *)) {
+    if (CHECK_AVAILABLE(kCTFontURLAttribute, macOS 10.6, *)) {
         url = CTFontDescriptorCopyAttribute(fontd, kCTFontURLAttribute);
     }
 #endif
-#if !TARGET_OS_IPHONE && MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED < 1060
-    // ATS is declared deprecated in newer macOS SDKs
-    // and not declared at all in iOS SDKs
-    else {
+#if !TARGET_OS_IPHONE && MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED < 1070
+    // ATS is declared deprecated in newer macOS SDKs and not declared at all
+    // in iOS SDKs, but is still available up to and including 10.6/10.7. On
+    // 10.6, kCTFontURLAttribute is declared but CTFontDescriptorCopyAttribute()
+    // often returns NULL for it, so fall back to ATS to resolve the font file.
+    if (!url) {
         CTFontRef font = CTFontCreateWithFontDescriptor(fontd, 0, NULL);
         if (!font)
             return NULL;