letterboxing

Stamp-based outdoor hunt

Letterboxing refers to two distinct activities.

In film and video, it's the practice of displaying widescreen content on a narrower screen by adding black bars above and below the image, preserving the original aspect ratio rather than cropping or stretching.

The Blu-ray is letterboxed to maintain the director's intended framing.

The other letterboxing is an outdoor treasure-hunting hobby where participants follow clues to find hidden waterproof boxes containing a logbook and rubber stamp; finders stamp their personal journals and leave their own stamp mark in the box's log.

stamps

rubber

Elastic polymer from trees

imprint · handmade · stamp · design · artwork · craft · emboss · signature · monogram · motif

hobby

pastime

Recreational pursuit

community · enthusiast · exchange · meet-up · series · logbook · trading · finder · planter · atlas

hiking

trail

Path through wilderness

  • hikeExtended walk outdoors
  • wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
  • natureInherent quality or disposition

forest · park · terrain · backpacking · outdoors · trekking · footpath · moorland · Dartmoor · woods

clues

cipher

Hidden writing system

coordinates · hints · decipher · cryptic · waypoint · landmark · navigation · compass · map · solving

treasure-hunting

cache

Concealed storage spot

search · find · adventure · geocaching · explorer · scavenger · seek · box · container · concealed

Categories
Opposites
navigation method

letterboxinggeocaching

GPS-based outdoor treasure hunting

GPS navigation

display format

letterboxingfull screen

Entire display used

cropping · stretching · 4 · conversion

activity type

letterboxingindoor recreation

Leisure activities done inside

Family

letterbox, letterboxes, letterboxed

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G