diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/SXSSFSheet.java b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/SXSSFSheet.java
index 5eb5a4be49..2384d7f93a 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/SXSSFSheet.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/SXSSFSheet.java
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ public class SXSSFSheet implements Sheet, OoxmlSheetExtensions {
         _sh = xSheet;
         calculateLeftAndRightMostColumns(xSheet);
         setRandomAccessWindowSize(randomAccessWindowSize);
-        _autoSizeColumnTracker = new AutoSizeColumnTracker(this);
+        try {
+            _autoSizeColumnTracker = new AutoSizeColumnTracker(this);
+        } catch (InternalError e) {
+            LOG.atWarn().log("Failed to create AutoSizeColumnTracker, possibly due to fonts not being installed in your OS", e);
+        }
     }
 
     private void calculateLeftAndRightMostColumns(XSSFSheet xssfSheet) {
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ public class SXSSFSheet implements Sheet, OoxmlSheetExtensions {
         setRandomAccessWindowSize(_workbook.getRandomAccessWindowSize());
         try {
             _autoSizeColumnTracker = new AutoSizeColumnTracker(this);
-        } catch (Exception e) {
+        } catch (InternalError e) {
             LOG.atWarn().log("Failed to create AutoSizeColumnTracker, possibly due to fonts not being installed in your OS", e);
         }
     }
diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/TestAutoSizeColumnTracker.java b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/TestAutoSizeColumnTracker.java
index f7161fd0e9..2cc356d422 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/TestAutoSizeColumnTracker.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/xssf/streaming/TestAutoSizeColumnTracker.java
@@ -43,11 +43,10 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 /**
  * Tests the auto-sizing behaviour of {@link SXSSFSheet} when not all
  * rows fit into the memory window size etc.
- *
+ * <p>
  * see Bug #57450 which reported the original misbehaviour
  */
 class TestAutoSizeColumnTracker {
-
     private SXSSFSheet sheet;
     private SXSSFWorkbook workbook;
     private AutoSizeColumnTracker tracker;