Finder Window Icon View Spacing Problem

I just restarted my system. Now every window has my icons horizontally spaced much further appart than before. The vertical distance has remained normal. I used "keep arranged by name" and the spacing was always the width of 3 characters. Now the width is at least 40 characters. Deselecting the "keep arranged by" allows me to move the icons closer but that is not a good solution. Is there a setting for the spacing? Making the icon size smaller doesn't change the spacing. Making the Text smaller reduces the spacing a bit but not even close to the "original" distance.

I think the only way now would be to uncheck the "Keep arranged by" option and then to drag them as close as you want. However, if you know how to use the Terminal, you can probably change the automatic spacing that way.

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