diff --git a/au/code/au/magnitude.hh b/au/code/au/magnitude.hh
index 230fb54b..3a4daf35 100644
--- a/au/code/au/magnitude.hh
+++ b/au/code/au/magnitude.hh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "au/power_aliases.hh"
 #include "au/stdx/utility.hh"
 #include "au/utility/factoring.hh"
+#include "au/utility/string_constant.hh"
 #include "au/zero.hh"
 
 // "Magnitude" is a collection of templated types, representing positive real numbers.
@@ -60,6 +61,14 @@ using MagQuotientT = PackQuotientT<Magnitude, T, U>;
 template <typename T>
 using MagInverseT = PackInverseT<Magnitude, T>;
 
+// A printable label to indicate the Magnitude for human readers.
+template <typename MagT>
+struct MagnitudeLabel;
+
+// A sizeof()-compatible API to get the label for a Magnitude.
+template <typename MagT>
+constexpr const auto &mag_label(MagT = MagT{});
+
 // A helper function to create a Magnitude from an integer constant.
 template <std::size_t N>
 constexpr auto mag();
@@ -559,6 +568,83 @@ constexpr T get_value(Magnitude<BPs...> m) {
     return result.value;
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// `MagnitudeLabel` implementation.
+
+namespace detail {
+enum class MagLabelCategory {
+    INTEGER,
+    RATIONAL,
+    UNSUPPORTED,
+};
+
+template <typename... BPs>
+constexpr MagLabelCategory categorize_mag_label(Magnitude<BPs...> m) {
+    if (IsInteger<Magnitude<BPs...>>::value) {
+        return get_value_result<std::uintmax_t>(m).outcome == MagRepresentationOutcome::OK
+                   ? MagLabelCategory::INTEGER
+                   : MagLabelCategory::UNSUPPORTED;
+    }
+    if (IsRational<Magnitude<BPs...>>::value) {
+        return MagLabelCategory::RATIONAL;
+    }
+    return MagLabelCategory::UNSUPPORTED;
+}
+
+template <typename MagT, MagLabelCategory Category>
+struct MagnitudeLabelImplementation {
+    static constexpr const char value[] = "(UNLABELED SCALE FACTOR)";
+
+    static constexpr const bool has_exposed_slash = false;
+};
+template <typename MagT, MagLabelCategory Category>
+constexpr const char MagnitudeLabelImplementation<MagT, Category>::value[];
+template <typename MagT, MagLabelCategory Category>
+constexpr const bool MagnitudeLabelImplementation<MagT, Category>::has_exposed_slash;
+
+template <typename MagT>
+struct MagnitudeLabelImplementation<MagT, MagLabelCategory::INTEGER>
+    : detail::IToA<get_value<std::uintmax_t>(MagT{})> {
+    static constexpr const bool has_exposed_slash = false;
+};
+template <typename MagT>
+constexpr const bool
+    MagnitudeLabelImplementation<MagT, MagLabelCategory::INTEGER>::has_exposed_slash;
+
+// Analogous to `detail::ExtendedLabel`, but for magnitudes.
+//
+// This makes it easier to name the exact type for compound labels.
+template <std::size_t ExtensionStrlen, typename... Mags>
+using ExtendedMagLabel =
+    StringConstant<concatenate(MagnitudeLabel<Mags>::value...).size() + ExtensionStrlen>;
+
+template <typename MagT>
+struct MagnitudeLabelImplementation<MagT, MagLabelCategory::RATIONAL> {
+    using LabelT = ExtendedMagLabel<3u, NumeratorT<MagT>, DenominatorT<MagT>>;
+    static constexpr LabelT value = join_by(
+        " / ", MagnitudeLabel<NumeratorT<MagT>>::value, MagnitudeLabel<DenominatorT<MagT>>::value);
+
+    static constexpr const bool has_exposed_slash = true;
+};
+template <typename MagT>
+constexpr typename MagnitudeLabelImplementation<MagT, MagLabelCategory::RATIONAL>::LabelT
+    MagnitudeLabelImplementation<MagT, MagLabelCategory::RATIONAL>::value;
+template <typename MagT>
+constexpr const bool
+    MagnitudeLabelImplementation<MagT, MagLabelCategory::RATIONAL>::has_exposed_slash;
+
+}  // namespace detail
+
+template <typename... BPs>
+struct MagnitudeLabel<Magnitude<BPs...>>
+    : detail::MagnitudeLabelImplementation<Magnitude<BPs...>,
+                                           detail::categorize_mag_label(Magnitude<BPs...>{})> {};
+
+template <typename MagT>
+constexpr const auto &mag_label(MagT) {
+    return detail::as_char_array(MagnitudeLabel<MagT>::value);
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // `CommonMagnitude` implementation.
 
diff --git a/au/code/au/magnitude_test.cc b/au/code/au/magnitude_test.cc
index ccf818ff..07ecdb21 100644
--- a/au/code/au/magnitude_test.cc
+++ b/au/code/au/magnitude_test.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ using ::testing::DoubleEq;
 using ::testing::Eq;
 using ::testing::FloatEq;
 using ::testing::StaticAssertTypeEq;
+using ::testing::StrEq;
 
 namespace au {
 namespace {
@@ -60,6 +61,26 @@ TEST(Magnitude, PowersBehaveCorrectly) {
 
 TEST(Magnitude, RootsBehaveCorrectly) { EXPECT_EQ(root<3>(mag<8>()), mag<2>()); }
 
+TEST(MagnitudeLabel, HandlesIntegers) {
+    EXPECT_THAT(mag_label(mag<1>()), StrEq("1"));
+    EXPECT_THAT(mag_label(mag<287'987>()), StrEq("287987"));
+}
+
+TEST(MagnitudeLabel, HandlesRationals) {
+    EXPECT_THAT(mag_label(mag<1>() / mag<2>()), StrEq("1 / 2"));
+    EXPECT_THAT(mag_label(mag<541>() / mag<123456789>()), StrEq("541 / 123456789"));
+}
+
+TEST(MagnitudeLabel, DefaultsToUnlabeledForFactorTooBig) {
+    // Someday, we'll find a better way to handle this; this just unblocks the first implementation.
+    EXPECT_THAT(mag_label(pow<24>(mag<10>())), StrEq("(UNLABELED SCALE FACTOR)"));
+}
+
+TEST(MagnitudeLabel, IndicatesPresenceOfExposedSlash) {
+    EXPECT_FALSE(MagnitudeLabel<decltype(mag<287'987>())>::has_exposed_slash);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(MagnitudeLabel<decltype(mag<1>() / mag<2>())>::has_exposed_slash);
+}
+
 TEST(Pi, HasCorrectValue) {
     // This pattern makes sure the test will fail if we _run_ on an architecture without `M_PIl`.
     // It does, however, permit us to _build_ on such an architecture with no problem.
diff --git a/au/code/au/unit_of_measure.hh b/au/code/au/unit_of_measure.hh
index d88f335d..b224810c 100644
--- a/au/code/au/unit_of_measure.hh
+++ b/au/code/au/unit_of_measure.hh
@@ -707,15 +707,6 @@ struct ComputeCommonPointUnit
 // `UnitLabel` implementation.
 
 namespace detail {
-template <std::size_t N>
-constexpr auto as_char_array(const char (&x)[N]) -> const char (&)[N] {
-    return x;
-}
-
-template <std::size_t N>
-constexpr auto as_char_array(const StringConstant<N> &x) -> const char (&)[N + 1] {
-    return x.char_array();
-}
 
 template <typename Unit>
 using HasLabel = decltype(Unit::label);
diff --git a/au/code/au/utility/string_constant.hh b/au/code/au/utility/string_constant.hh
index 8964f9b9..451444ac 100644
--- a/au/code/au/utility/string_constant.hh
+++ b/au/code/au/utility/string_constant.hh
@@ -254,5 +254,15 @@ constexpr auto parens_if(const StringT &s) {
     return concatenate(ParensIf<Enable>::open(), s, ParensIf<Enable>::close());
 }
 
+template <std::size_t N>
+constexpr auto as_char_array(const char (&x)[N]) -> const char (&)[N] {
+    return x;
+}
+
+template <std::size_t N>
+constexpr auto as_char_array(const StringConstant<N> &x) -> const char (&)[N + 1] {
+    return x.char_array();
+}
+
 }  // namespace detail
 }  // namespace au