In sp.cls, when the Lucida option is chosen, the following replaces the tiny \textbullet:
\DeclareTextCommand{\textbullet}{\encodingdefault}{\UseTextSymbol{OMS}\textbullet} % the default is tiny
This is cribbed from the definition of a now deprecated option "altbullet" for lucidabr.sty (https://tug.org/pipermail/yandytex/2006-February/001200.html). It works, ish, but what actually happens is that latex first tries to find an OMS-encoding for Lucida, which doesn't exist, and then falls back to Computer Modern.
LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape OMS/hlhj/m/n' undefined(Font) usingOMS/cmsy/m/n' instead(Font) for symbol `textbullet' on input line
So, it would seem we should supply the character directly, without sending the system on a wild goose chase.
Note, though, the following in the documentation for lucimatx.sty:
altbullet: The option is no longer provided. Instead of patching the font definitions, redefine \labelitemi appropriately, if you don’t like the shape of the default item label \textbullet.
So, I guess, Walter Schmidt wants us to redefine \labelitemi.
Of course, if we switch tout court to LucidaOT, this is all moot.
In
sp.cls, when the Lucida option is chosen, the following replaces the tiny\textbullet:This is cribbed from the definition of a now deprecated option "altbullet" for lucidabr.sty (https://tug.org/pipermail/yandytex/2006-February/001200.html). It works, ish, but what actually happens is that latex first tries to find an OMS-encoding for Lucida, which doesn't exist, and then falls back to Computer Modern.
So, it would seem we should supply the character directly, without sending the system on a wild goose chase.
Note, though, the following in the documentation for
lucimatx.sty:So, I guess, Walter Schmidt wants us to redefine
\labelitemi.Of course, if we switch tout court to LucidaOT, this is all moot.