Barcodes in FO output using a font

[Clay Leeds]

I need to add a barcode to my fo:region-after. If this were a static 
barcode (i.e., one barcode per document), I would be just use 
Barcode4J[1]. But since part of the barcode indicates the current page 
number (d'oh!), I don't believe I can use Barcode4J for this purpose 
(Jeremias, please correct me if I'm wrong :-D). I believe this means I 
need to apply a barcode *font* to a <fo:page-number/> element. Unless 
there's a way to dynamically feed <fo:page-number/> to Barcode4J (which 
I don't think is possible), I think I'll have to use a font like this:

<fo:block 
font-family="barcode_font">F62P<fo:page-number/>-0704</fo:block>

(I have to admit, that I haven't tried with Barcode4J yet, but it's 
downloading now!)

On the FONT front, was anyone successfully used barcode fonts with FOP? 
Where can I obtain barcode fonts? I found a link[2] and I'll try some 
of the files there.

UPDATE: I've been trying, but I'm getting errors ('[ERROR] unknown font 
Code128JK_A,normal,normal so defaulted font to any' or '[ERROR] unknown 
font FREE3OF9,normal,normal so defaulted font to any', depending on the 
FONT I'm trying to use). I downloaded a barcode font from here[3], and 
followed the instructions on the FOP Font Page[4].

Here's the relevant portion of my conf/userconfig.xml file:
<entry>
  <key>fontBaseDir</key>
  <value>/Users/Shared/_WebDLs/barcode_fonts</value>
</entry>
<fonts>
<!-- snipped commented section(s) -->
 <font metrics-file="A8______.XML" 
embed-file="barfonts/pfb/A8______.pfm" kerning="yes">
    <font-triplet name="Code128JK_A" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
 </font>
 <font metrics-file="FREE3OF9.XML" embed-file="free3of9/FREE3OF9.TTF" 
kerning="yes">
    <font-triplet name="FREE3OF9" style="normal" weight="normal"/>
 </font>
</fonts>

This is the relevant XSL-FO for using the PFM:
<fo:block 
font-family="Code128JK_A">F62P<fo:page-number/>-0704</fo:block>

Since I was having trouble using the PostScript font, I tried using 
TTF. This is the relevant XSL-FO for using the TTF:

<fo:block font-family="FREE3OF9">F62P<fo:page-number/>-0704</fo:block>
Please let me know if I need to provide any other info.
Web Maestro Clay
[1] Barcode4J
http://barcode4j.krysalis.org/
[2] GPL Barcode fonts
http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/barfonts/
[3] Free 3of9 Barcode font
http://www.squaregear.net/fonts/free3of9.shtml
[4] FOP Fonts Page
http://xml.apache.org/fop/fonts.html
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