Software not using correct font size

[Raggsydoll]

I have  been thrown here for help on my issue. Apparently because I don't have the latest and greatest version I cannot get chat support.  Which is unfair to me as a customer. 

Anyway, my software is not using the proper point size that I pick when adding text to my project.  For example if I choose 72 it only uses about an 8 point size font.  I have Photoshop Elements.

[hatstead]

raggsydoll  wrote

I have  been thrown here for help on my issue. Apparently because I don't have the latest and greatest version I cannot get chat support.  Which is unfair to me as a customer. 

Anyway, my software is not using the proper point size that I pick when adding text to my project.  For example if I choose 72 it only uses about an 8 point size font.  I have Photoshop Elements.

Suggest that you reset the Type tool. You do not specify which version of PSE that you use.

In the older versions, look for a little arrow, top left, on the tool's option bar.

On the more recent versions look for a box with lines in it on the bottom right on the option bar.

Click to reset

[Dhananjay Sati]

Hi raggsydoll,

Thanks for posting in Adobe forums.

I understand you are facing issue with "Text Tool" in Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Could you please try the following steps:

Firstly,

- Open Photoshop Elements

- Click "Edit"

- Click "Preferences"

- Click "General"

- Click " Reset preferences on the next launch"

- Re-open the program & test "Text Tool" again.

If this doesn't help you then secondly,

- Select "Text Tool" from the toolbox.

- Click the   to open the menu in Tool Options.

- Click "Reset Tool" or "Reset All Tools" 

- Restart Adobe Photoshop Elements & test "Text Tool" again.

Hope this works for you.

Thanks

Regards

Dhananjay

[MichelBParis]

raggsydoll  wrote

I have  been thrown here for help on my issue. Apparently because I don't have the latest and greatest version I cannot get chat support.  Which is unfair to me as a customer. 

With very old versions like yours, the chat support is not the best way to get help. Especially if it's just a need for a tutorial about text sizes.

Anyway, my software is not using the proper point size that I pick when adding text to my project.  For example if I choose 72 it only uses about an 8 point size font.  I have Photoshop Elements.

How do you know? Did you print your image at the size in in/cm set in your image size?

Tips:

- font size in points has no meaning for displaying your images on screen, only relative to the image size in in/cm.

- If the displayed font seems too small relative to your whole image, you are not limited to 72, you can enter manually any size, 144 or more...