diff --git a/src/PIL/PcfFontFile.py b/src/PIL/PcfFontFile.py
index 0556c2bbc..686237c12 100644
--- a/src/PIL/PcfFontFile.py
+++ b/src/PIL/PcfFontFile.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class PcfFontFile(FontFile.FontFile):
                 ]
                 if encoding_offset != 0xFFFF:
                     encoding[i] = encoding_offset
-            except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            except (UnicodeDecodeError, IndexError):
                 # character is not supported in selected encoding
                 pass