diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0ff00b1c..42b0d862 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -461,15 +461,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2 0.5.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "block2"
-version = "0.6.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1d59b4c170e16f0405a2e95aff44432a0d41aa97675f3d52623effe95792a037"
-dependencies = [
- "objc2 0.6.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "blocking"
 version = "1.6.1"
@@ -660,16 +651,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "core-foundation"
-version = "0.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b55271e5c8c478ad3f38ad24ef34923091e0548492a266d19b3c0b4d82574c63"
-dependencies = [
- "core-foundation-sys",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation-sys"
 version = "0.8.7"
@@ -683,21 +664,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c07782be35f9e1140080c6b96f0d44b739e2278479f64e02fdab4e32dfd8b081"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "core-foundation 0.9.4",
- "core-graphics-types 0.1.3",
- "foreign-types",
- "libc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "core-graphics"
-version = "0.24.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fa95a34622365fa5bbf40b20b75dba8dfa8c94c734aea8ac9a5ca38af14316f1"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "core-foundation 0.10.0",
- "core-graphics-types 0.2.0",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "core-graphics-types",
  "foreign-types",
  "libc",
 ]
@@ -709,30 +677,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "45390e6114f68f718cc7a830514a96f903cccd70d02a8f6d9f643ac4ba45afaf"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "core-foundation 0.9.4",
- "libc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "core-graphics-types"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d44a101f213f6c4cdc1853d4b78aef6db6bdfa3468798cc1d9912f4735013eb"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "core-foundation 0.10.0",
- "libc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "core-text"
-version = "21.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a593227b66cbd4007b2a050dfdd9e1d1318311409c8d600dc82ba1b15ca9c130"
-dependencies = [
- "core-foundation 0.10.0",
- "core-graphics 0.24.0",
- "foreign-types",
+ "core-foundation",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -976,14 +921,14 @@ name = "fontique"
 version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
- "core-foundation 0.10.0",
- "core-text",
  "core_maths",
  "fontconfig-cache-parser",
  "hashbrown",
  "icu_locid",
  "icu_properties",
  "memmap2",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+ "objc2-core-text",
  "objc2-foundation 0.3.0",
  "peniko",
  "read-fonts",
@@ -1573,7 +1518,7 @@ checksum = "7ecfd3296f8c56b7c1f6fbac3c71cefa9d78ce009850c45000015f206dc7fa21"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "block",
- "core-graphics-types 0.1.3",
+ "core-graphics-types",
  "foreign-types",
  "log",
  "objc",
@@ -1734,7 +1679,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e4e89ad9e3d7d297152b17d39ed92cd50ca8063a89a9fa569046d41568891eff"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "block2 0.5.1",
+ "block2",
  "libc",
  "objc2 0.5.2",
  "objc2-core-data",
@@ -1750,7 +1695,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "74dd3b56391c7a0596a295029734d3c1c5e7e510a4cb30245f8221ccea96b009"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "block2 0.5.1",
+ "block2",
  "objc2 0.5.2",
  "objc2-core-location",
  "objc2-foundation 0.2.2",
@@ -1762,7 +1707,7 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a5ff520e9c33812fd374d8deecef01d4a840e7b41862d849513de77e44aa4889"
 dependencies = [
- "block2 0.5.1",
+ "block2",
  "objc2 0.5.2",
  "objc2-foundation 0.2.2",
 ]
@@ -1774,7 +1719,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "617fbf49e071c178c0b24c080767db52958f716d9eabdf0890523aeae54773ef"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "block2 0.5.1",
+ "block2",
  "objc2 0.5.2",
  "objc2-foundation 0.2.2",
 ]
@@ -1786,7 +1731,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "daeaf60f25471d26948a1c2f840e3f7d86f4109e3af4e8e4b5cd70c39690d925"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "objc2 0.6.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1795,7 +1739,7 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "55260963a527c99f1819c4f8e3b47fe04f9650694ef348ffd2227e8196d34c80"
 dependencies = [
- "block2 0.5.1",
+ "block2",
  "objc2 0.5.2",
  "objc2-foundation 0.2.2",
  "objc2-metal",
@@ -1807,12 +1751,22 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "000cfee34e683244f284252ee206a27953279d370e309649dc3ee317b37e5781"
 dependencies = [
- "block2 0.5.1",
+ "block2",
  "objc2 0.5.2",
  "objc2-contacts",
  "objc2-foundation 0.2.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "objc2-core-text"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6fde15abfe00bf9f1eda220addbdfa6c62b0e5595e98208e8cdbc2ec0f6970a6"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "objc2-encode"
 version = "4.1.0"
@@ -1826,7 +1780,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0ee638a5da3799329310ad4cfa62fbf045d5f56e3ef5ba4149e7452dcf89d5a8"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "block2 0.5.1",
+ "block2",
  "dispatch",
  "libc",
  "objc2 0.5.2",
@@ -1839,10 +1793,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3a21c6c9014b82c39515db5b396f91645182611c97d24637cf56ac01e5f8d998"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "block2 0.6.0",
- "libc",
  "objc2 0.6.0",
- "objc2-core-foundation",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1851,7 +1802,7 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a1a1ae721c5e35be65f01a03b6d2ac13a54cb4fa70d8a5da293d7b0020261398"
 dependencies = [
- "block2 0.5.1",
+ "block2",
  "objc2 0.5.2",
  "objc2-app-kit",
  "objc2-foundation 0.2.2",
@@ -1864,7 +1815,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd0cba1276f6023976a406a14ffa85e1fdd19df6b0f737b063b95f6c8c7aadd6"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "block2 0.5.1",
+ "block2",
  "objc2 0.5.2",
  "objc2-foundation 0.2.2",
 ]
@@ -1876,7 +1827,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e42bee7bff906b14b167da2bac5efe6b6a07e6f7c0a21a7308d40c960242dc7a"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "block2 0.5.1",
+ "block2",
  "objc2 0.5.2",
  "objc2-foundation 0.2.2",
  "objc2-metal",
@@ -1899,7 +1850,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b8bb46798b20cd6b91cbd113524c490f1686f4c4e8f49502431415f3512e2b6f"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "block2 0.5.1",
+ "block2",
  "objc2 0.5.2",
  "objc2-cloud-kit",
  "objc2-core-data",
@@ -1919,7 +1870,7 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "44fa5f9748dbfe1ca6c0b79ad20725a11eca7c2218bceb4b005cb1be26273bfe"
 dependencies = [
- "block2 0.5.1",
+ "block2",
  "objc2 0.5.2",
  "objc2-foundation 0.2.2",
 ]
@@ -1931,7 +1882,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "76cfcbf642358e8689af64cee815d139339f3ed8ad05103ed5eaf73db8d84cb3"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "block2 0.5.1",
+ "block2",
  "objc2 0.5.2",
  "objc2-core-location",
  "objc2-foundation 0.2.2",
@@ -3118,7 +3069,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "block",
  "bytemuck",
  "cfg_aliases 0.1.1",
- "core-graphics-types 0.1.3",
+ "core-graphics-types",
  "glow",
  "glutin_wgl_sys",
  "gpu-alloc",
@@ -3479,13 +3430,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "android-activity",
  "atomic-waker",
  "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "block2 0.5.1",
+ "block2",
  "bytemuck",
  "calloop",
  "cfg_aliases 0.2.1",
  "concurrent-queue",
- "core-foundation 0.9.4",
- "core-graphics 0.23.2",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "core-graphics",
  "cursor-icon",
  "dpi",
  "js-sys",
diff --git a/fontique/Cargo.toml b/fontique/Cargo.toml
index 2d826751..d6f79e2b 100644
--- a/fontique/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fontique/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ unicode_script = ["dep:unicode-script"]
 system = [
 	"std",
 	"dep:windows", "dep:windows-core",
-	"dep:core-text", "dep:core-foundation", "dep:objc2-foundation",
+	"dep:objc2-core-foundation", "dep:objc2-core-text", "dep:objc2-foundation",
 	"dep:fontconfig-cache-parser", "dep:roxmltree",
 ]
 
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ windows = { version = "0.58.0", features = ["implement", "Win32_Graphics_DirectW
 windows-core = { version = "0.58", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_vendor = "apple")'.dependencies]
-core-text = { version = "21.0.0", optional = true }
-core-foundation = { version = "0.10.0", optional = true }
-objc2-foundation = { version = "0.3.0", features = ["NSArray", "NSEnumerator", "NSPathUtilities", "NSString"], optional = true }
+objc2-foundation = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "NSArray", "NSEnumerator", "NSPathUtilities", "NSString"] }
+objc2-core-foundation = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["CFBase"]  }
+objc2-core-text = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["CTFont", "CTFontDescriptor"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 fontconfig-cache-parser = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/fontique/src/backend/coretext.rs b/fontique/src/backend/coretext.rs
index d4d1058f..072bac20 100644
--- a/fontique/src/backend/coretext.rs
+++ b/fontique/src/backend/coretext.rs
@@ -5,21 +5,17 @@ use super::{
     scan, FallbackKey, FamilyId, FamilyInfo, FamilyNameMap, GenericFamily, GenericFamilyMap,
 };
 use alloc::sync::Arc;
+use core::ptr::{null, null_mut};
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
+use objc2_core_foundation::{CFDictionaryCreate, CFRange, CFRetained, CFString, CFStringGetLength};
+use objc2_core_text::{
+    CTFont, CTFontCopyFamilyName, CTFontCreateForString, CTFontCreateForStringWithLanguage,
+    CTFontCreateUIFontForLanguage, CTFontCreateWithFontDescriptor,
+    CTFontDescriptorCreateWithAttributes, CTFontUIFontType,
+};
 use objc2_foundation::{
     NSSearchPathDirectory, NSSearchPathDomainMask, NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains,
 };
-use {
-    core_foundation::{
-        base::{CFRange, TCFType},
-        dictionary::CFDictionary,
-        string::{CFString, CFStringRef},
-    },
-    core_text::{
-        font::{self, kCTFontSystemFontType, CTFont, CTFontRef, CTFontUIFontType},
-        font_descriptor,
-    },
-};
 
 const DEFAULT_GENERIC_FAMILIES: &[(GenericFamily, &[&str])] = &[
     (GenericFamily::Serif, &["Times", "Times New Roman"]),
@@ -75,97 +71,45 @@ impl SystemFonts {
     pub(crate) fn fallback(&mut self, key: impl Into<FallbackKey>) -> Option<FamilyId> {
         let key = key.into();
         let sample = key.script().sample()?;
-        self.fallback_for_text(sample, key.locale(), false)
+        let font = create_fallback_font_for_text(sample, key.locale(), false)?;
+        let family_name = unsafe { CTFontCopyFamilyName(&font) };
+        self.name_map.get(&family_name.to_string()).map(|n| n.id())
     }
 }
 
-impl SystemFonts {
-    fn fallback_for_text(
-        &mut self,
-        text: &str,
-        locale: Option<&str>,
-        prefer_ui: bool,
-    ) -> Option<FamilyId> {
-        let font = fallback_for_text(text, locale, prefer_ui)?;
-        self.name_map.get(&font.family_name()).map(|n| n.id())
+fn create_base_font(prefer_ui_font: bool) -> CFRetained<CTFont> {
+    if prefer_ui_font {
+        if let Some(font) =
+            unsafe { CTFontCreateUIFontForLanguage(CTFontUIFontType::System, 0.0, None) }
+        {
+            return font;
+        }
+    }
+    unsafe {
+        let attrs = CFDictionaryCreate(None, null_mut(), null_mut(), 0, null(), null());
+        let desc = CTFontDescriptorCreateWithAttributes(&attrs.unwrap());
+        CTFontCreateWithFontDescriptor(&desc, 0.0, null())
     }
 }
 
-fn fallback_for_text(text: &str, locale: Option<&str>, prefer_ui: bool) -> Option<CTFont> {
-    let cf_text = CFString::new(text);
-    let cf_text_range = CFRange::init(0, cf_text.char_len());
-    let cf_locale = locale.map(CFString::new);
-    let base_font = {
-        let desc_attrs = CFDictionary::from_CFType_pairs(&[]);
-        let mut desc = font_descriptor::new_from_attributes(&desc_attrs);
-        if prefer_ui {
-            if let Some(ui_desc) = ui_font_for_language(kCTFontSystemFontType, 0.0, None)
-                .map(|font| font.copy_descriptor())
-            {
-                desc = ui_desc;
-            }
-        }
-        font::new_from_descriptor(&desc, 0.0)
+fn create_fallback_font_for_text(
+    text: &str,
+    locale: Option<&str>,
+    prefer_ui_font: bool,
+) -> Option<CFRetained<CTFont>> {
+    let text = CFString::from_str(text);
+    let text_range = CFRange {
+        location: 0,
+        length: unsafe { CFStringGetLength(&text) },
     };
+    let locale = locale.map(CFString::from_str);
+    let base_font = create_base_font(prefer_ui_font);
     let font = unsafe {
-        CTFont::wrap_under_create_rule(if let Some(locale) = cf_locale {
-            CTFontCreateForStringWithLanguage(
-                base_font.as_concrete_TypeRef(),
-                cf_text.as_concrete_TypeRef(),
-                cf_text_range,
-                locale.as_concrete_TypeRef(),
-            )
+        if let Some(locale) = locale {
+            CTFontCreateForStringWithLanguage(&base_font, &text, text_range, Some(&locale))
         } else {
-            CTFontCreateForString(
-                base_font.as_concrete_TypeRef(),
-                cf_text.as_concrete_TypeRef(),
-                cf_text_range,
-            )
-        })
+            CTFontCreateForString(&base_font, &text, text_range)
+        }
     };
     Some(font)
 }
-
-fn ui_font_for_language(
-    ui_type: CTFontUIFontType,
-    size: f64,
-    language: Option<CFString>,
-) -> Option<CTFont> {
-    unsafe {
-        let font_ref = CTFontCreateUIFontForLanguage(
-            ui_type,
-            size,
-            language
-                .as_ref()
-                .map(|x| x.as_concrete_TypeRef())
-                .unwrap_or(std::ptr::null()),
-        );
-        if font_ref.is_null() {
-            None
-        } else {
-            Some(CTFont::wrap_under_create_rule(font_ref))
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[link(name = "CoreText", kind = "framework")]
-extern "C" {
-    fn CTFontCreateUIFontForLanguage(
-        uiType: CTFontUIFontType,
-        size: f64,
-        language: CFStringRef,
-    ) -> CTFontRef;
-
-    fn CTFontCreateForString(
-        currentFont: CTFontRef,
-        string: CFStringRef,
-        range: CFRange,
-    ) -> CTFontRef;
-
-    fn CTFontCreateForStringWithLanguage(
-        currentFont: CTFontRef,
-        string: CFStringRef,
-        range: CFRange,
-        language: CFStringRef,
-    ) -> CTFontRef;
-}