passing a font as an argument to a script

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Published on 2014-08-20T21:12:37Z Indexed on 2014/08/20 22:33 UTC
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I am trying to use osdSH for notifications.

It has a 'font' parameter that receives a curiously formed string. From the man:

-f -font
             Set          font         (Default:         -*-lucidatypewriter-
             bold-*-*-*-*-240-*-*-*-*-*-*)

The manual does not comment on the arguments passed (I assume each * represents a possible argument). It would seem that this notation is (or has someday been) standard, but I've not been able to find anything about it.

what is the standard ? what argument specifies letter size ?

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