Weird Character in Code 128 Codeset B Barcode

Hello Everyone,
I am encoutering two issues dealing with barcodes in Crystal Reports 2008:
I have an old Seagate Crystal Reports 7 report that uses Code 128 Codeset B barcodes. I have converted the report to Crystal Reports 2008 and have tried using the new built-in 'Change to Barcode' function and the old BarcodeC128B() function that the old report used to create the barcode. The barcode is set to use font 'Code128'. However, in both instances, and when I start fresh with the built-in function in a blank report, strange characters are appended to the end of the barcode. Most of the characters are capital A's with different accent marks over the character, and sometimes they are capital E's with accent marks. These barcodes do not match the barcodes that are generated out of the old version of the report. Unfortunately, I do not have a scanner to test to see if they are working the same, but my instinct says they would not work with these extra characters.
My next issue occurs when I export the report output to Microsoft Word. The barcodes seem to change, i.e. they become smaller and the weird character on the end changes. When I export report output from the old version of the Crystal Report to Word, the barcodes do not change. Has anyone else experienced issues exporting barcodes to Word from Crystal Reports 2008? I am using Crystal Reports 2008 version 12.3.5.925. Thank you for your help.

Hi Brian,
I'm not convinced yet that it's the code set. I am using Microsoft Server 2008 R2, and the fonts have been copied to the fonts folder just as I have done on every other platform where I have needed to produce or view the UPCs. I have copied a file with UPCs that were generated correctly from Crystal Reports 8 over to the server and the UPCs are displayed correctly, which tells me the font is working on the server.
I have contacted Azalea's technical support twice but I have gotten no response. Has anyone else had a similar issue?

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