My issue is similar to a point.  I'm developing reports in SSRS 2010 that will be embedded in a mobile app.  On my desktop I've installed the font 3of9 and it appears fine.  When I export to PDF (the format that the users will see when they access the report), it looks fine.  However, because this is a mobile app and my users are all over the place with many different versions of the root application (Android, IOS and Windows) as well as remote printers, there's no way I can get these fonts installed universally.  In addition, a binary of the PDF will be exported to another business all together.  So I'm looking to see if there's a way to embed the barcode font as an image of some type in my report, or any better solution (custom code?) that you may have.  However, I cannot purchase anything, so don't bother sending links to alternate products.