About Flying Dutchman Font
In nautical folklore, the Flying Dutchman is a ship that can never go home and is doomed to sail the seas forever as a ghost ship. The story of the Dutchman appeared in print in the 1820s. With different versions written over the years, some date the legend to the 1640s or the early 1700s.
The Flying Dutchman font is a revival of an 1876 font from MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan Co.
The Truetype and OpenType formats include a larger extended character set with Central and Eastern European accented letters.
Extra characters in this font are left and right pointing hands in place of the less than and greater than keys and a pirate flag is on the bracket keys.
New to this style is the distressed version where the letters look like they’ve been hacked by a cutlass.
How to Install Flying Dutchman Font
Step-by-step instructions for every platform
- 1Download the Flying Dutchman font file (.ttf or .otf).
- 2Locate the downloaded file in your Downloads folder.
- 3Right-click the font file.
- 4Select "Install" to install for the current user, or "Install for all users" to make it available system-wide.
- 5Flying Dutchman is now available in Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, and all other apps.
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What pairs well with Flying Dutchman Font?
Flying Dutchman Font is a blackletter font that shines as a display or heading face. Pair it with a clean serif or sans-serif font for body text — the contrast creates a clear hierarchy while the two styles stay balanced and easy to read.
Flying Dutchman Font
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Reviewed by the FontBoxDL team · Updated April 2026