How to adjust the font size of date and filename in a contact sheet?

[carolmattsson]

I'm new to Photoshop Elements.  I'm trying to create a contact sheet similar to that of the old Photoshop CS2.  I've found in Elements how to set the number of columns and display the image date and image file name.  However the date and file name are displayed in an overly large font size that I seem to have no control over.  How to adjust that font size?

See attached screenshot.  You can see that the overly large text means most of the file name is cut off.  And no option to rotate images automatically to fit, pretty much makes the contact sheet a big waste of paper, compared to the Automate > Contact Sheet II that was available in old Photoshop.

Please help!

--Carol

[Jeff Arola · Accepted solution]

This going to sound strange, but it looks like the font size is related to the Windows operating system scaling.

If you right click on your desktop, click Display settings and look under Scale & layout, what is the Scale set to?

[carolmattsson]

Yes it sure looks like a windows setting and you found it!  Scale was set to 175%, for display resolution 2560 x 1600.  I tried changing it to 125% as a test.  That makes the text really tiny in Windows, Windows apps and Photoshop Elements and ... the preview of my contact sheet.  Longer term, I COULD make that change temporarily when I need to print those contact sheets, but of course I'd rather that Elements didn't rely on a UX setting to affect how a project looks.

I hope others can see this answer and find it helpful too.

Thanks Jeff!