Font Point Size and Web Publishing

Bailey, that does not work if I am making prints with text which I frequently do for my wife's quilt images for her album. I want to know the size of the text on the prints and points is the logical default for me. Clive

I determine text size by how it looks on the project. I choose a “ballpark” size - reposition and resize with move tool after I see how it looks on page.  
Proportion is more important than a specific number. And besides, some fonts look smaller at the same size.  

If you wish to confine your text to a specific area, use a text box to simplify the process

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To make a font look fatter, duplicate text layer and use the arrow keys to move one layer over and/or down one or two pixels.   Sometimes I use three layers, if font lends itself to that.

And for an even more interesting look, use two different colors, so when you shift one text layer, you get kind of a outline look. 

Plus add styles - like bevel and drop shadow


Text layers do not have to be simplified to use these techniques


Sometimes a font will show definite separation when moving two pixels - but that can be a good thing if you are looking for something different
(And sometimes the fonts don't have enough space between letters to do this technique, so try another font)

Virginia Sky is the name of this - free - font

Clive, this "revisit" will undoubtedly benefit new users of Elements who may be following this thread. I still remember, when I started using PSE (version 4), how confused I was about the relationship between image resolution and font size. Fortunately, Barbara Brundage in The Missing Manual made me see the light. 

Troubleshooting Moment -- How Resolution Affects Font Size

I do the same and with font size set to pixels instead of point, text size remains the same if I need to change the document resolution.