>I need some barcode fonts for my application, specifically Interleaved 2 of
5 and UPC-A. Searching the 'net yields, well, hundreds of vendors offering this. I'm sure some are better than others for various reasons, licensing issues, etc. So any input from anyone who may have purchased barcode fonts would be much appreciated.

We have written our own 2/5 interleaved after we had some problems
on some HP LaserJet drivers. Despite from that I think they're
more or less the same either they print the bars or they don't.

For the barcode-generation and the dimensions there are strict rules

2/5 Interleaved as well as UPC-A are codes where the white spaces
in fact are "white bars". You can't print one digit with theese
as one segment always consists of two digits (one printed in black
bars the other in white).

Code 39 etc have the information only in the "black bars". (That's why
they are wider).

So You will always need some functionality that calculates the
number-pairs, fills up with zeroes (left or right if necessary)
and creates the CheckDigit if You want to use one.

So some are selling not Barcode-Fonts but ActiveXControls that do
the job.

Our Code has been tested by the Deutsche Bundespost and rated top
quality.
We have some functions to create the Strings that represent
the characters to print. You can call the function from
within the report (GenBarc(CURSOR.FIELD)) or create the
codes before and simply print them out later. Should work
in any environment then.

We developed it for our own purposes and normally do not sell it.
But if You're interested, let me know, Maybe we can make a deal.

If You need any more help, let me know