You know how sometimes when you have a problem, you feel better about it after just telling someone about it?<br><br>Out of curiosity, I checked the main updmap.cfg located at texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg, and sure enough, there was the "Map
lucidabr.map" entry. Why should that be there? I then checked the MiKTeX packages from the "MiKTeX Options" interface. Under MiKTeX packages > Fonts > Font Support, and lucida was checked. I had installed the Y&Y support: I think I just checked it once long ago under the delusion that that might install the Lucida Bright fonts (rolling eyes?). That there could be a conflict was obvious, so I unchecked it, refreshed the filename database, added the "Map
lucida.map" back to localtexmf/miktex/config/updmap.cfg, and ran "initexmf -v --mkmap" again.<br><br>pdflatex now compiles with no complaints, Lucida is beautiful as ever, and I am smiling.<br><br>I apologize for posting immediately afterward, but I didn't want anyone to waste time trying to solve my previous post.
<br><br>Thanks for listening,<br>Mike<br>