diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index ab4038e474..a44d0182e5 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..22194ece0c 100644
--- a/gui/wxpython/psmap/frame.py
+++ b/gui/wxpython/psmap/frame.py
@@ -1045,19 +1045,9 @@ def makePSFont(self, textDict):
         if "Bold" in fontstyle:
             weight = wx.FONTWEIGHT_BOLD
 
-        try:
-            fn = wx.Font(
-                pointSize=fontsize, family=family, style=style, weight=weight, face=face
-            )
-        except:
-            fn = wx.Font(
-                pointSize=fontsize,
-                family=wx.FONTFAMILY_DEFAULT,
-                style=wx.FONTSTYLE_NORMAL,
-                weight=wx.FONTWEIGHT_NORMAL,
-            )
-
-        return fn
+        return wx.Font(
+            pointSize=fontsize, family=family, style=style, weight=weight, faceName=face
+        )
 
     def getTextExtent(self, textDict):
         """Estimates bounding rectangle of text"""
@@ -1071,7 +1061,7 @@ def getTextExtent(self, textDict):
             dc.SetFont(fn)
             w, h, lh = dc.GetFullMultiLineTextExtent(textDict["text"])
             return (w, h)
-        except:
+        except (wx.PyAssertionError, ValueError, KeyError):
             return (0, 0)
 
     def getInitMap(self):