Description for settings to adjust general app spacing & font-size

Question

Imagine you want to give users the possibility to adjust the general spacing and font-size of an application to have more contents on smaller screens or whatever reason.

I'm struggling to find a general description for the texts when choosing in a dropdown because the option does not only effect font-size or spacing but the general appearance of the application.

I thought this would be an interesting topic to discuss.

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My approach:

Answer 1

I think you're talking about Information density.

You can have something like:

Information density:

• Compact
• Standard
• Spacious (or comfort)

PS: I think Gmail has an option for this.

Answer 2

Additionally, if at all possible, consider representing it as a slider so that users can change it without much of a change in layout.