diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 3adda73f28..9cdfcbfc93 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ per-file-ignores =
     gui/scripts/d.wms.py: E501
     gui/wxpython/image2target/g.gui.image2target.py: E501
     gui/wxpython/photo2image/g.gui.photo2image.py: E501
-    gui/wxpython/psmap/*: E501, E722
+    gui/wxpython/psmap/*: E501
     gui/wxpython/vdigit/*: F841, E722, F405, F403
     gui/wxpython/animation/g.gui.animation.py: E501
     gui/wxpython/tplot/frame.py: F841, E722
diff --git a/gui/wxpython/psmap/frame.py b/gui/wxpython/psmap/frame.py
index 8926b8d1e7..0759b3f8a1 100644
--- a/gui/wxpython/psmap/frame.py
+++ b/gui/wxpython/psmap/frame.py
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ def makePSFont(self, textDict):
             fn = wx.Font(
                 pointSize=fontsize, family=family, style=style, weight=weight, face=face
             )
-        except:
+        except (ValueError, wx.PyAssertionError):
             fn = wx.Font(
                 pointSize=fontsize,
                 family=wx.FONTFAMILY_DEFAULT,
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ def getTextExtent(self, textDict):
             dc.SetFont(fn)
             w, h, lh = dc.GetFullMultiLineTextExtent(textDict["text"])
             return (w, h)
-        except:
+        except (wx.PyAssertionError, ValueError):
             return (0, 0)
 
     def getInitMap(self):