diff --git a/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/XChartDemo.java b/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/XChartDemo.java
index 362def1feb75512f0a3200e2940d0b1336c9a265..25e914d8b4a36c1f2a705c966e41d491e2091e86 100644
--- a/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/XChartDemo.java
+++ b/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/XChartDemo.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public class XChartDemo extends JPanel implements TreeSelectionListener {
     defaultMutableTreeNode = new DefaultMutableTreeNode(new ChartInfo("AreaChart02 - Null Y-Axis Data Points", new AreaChart02().getChart()));
     category.add(defaultMutableTreeNode);
 
-    defaultMutableTreeNode = new DefaultMutableTreeNode(new ChartInfo("AreaLineChart03 - Combination Line & Area Chart", new AreaLineChart03().getChart()));
+    defaultMutableTreeNode = new DefaultMutableTreeNode(new ChartInfo("AreaLineChart03 - Combination Are & Line Chart", new AreaLineChart03().getChart()));
     category.add(defaultMutableTreeNode);
 
     // Line category
diff --git a/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/charts/area/AreaLineChart03.java b/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/charts/area/AreaLineChart03.java
index 3b8f85c41e883b6f33de572e4705a693ea5d0331..7a020de4552d756213b5ed93318f635d81ae7caa 100644
--- a/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/charts/area/AreaLineChart03.java
+++ b/xchart-demo/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/demo/charts/area/AreaLineChart03.java
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ public class AreaLineChart03 implements ExampleChart {
     chart.getStyleManager().setYAxisDecimalPattern("$ #,###.##");
 
     chart.getStyleManager().setPlotPadding(0);
-    chart.getStyleManager().setAxisTickSpaceRatio(1);
-    chart.getStyleManager().setYAxisMax(1620725 * 1.15); // We want to ensure there is a % of padding on the top of the chart
+    chart.getStyleManager().setAxisTickSpacePercentage(.95);
+    // chart.getStyleManager().setYAxisMax(1620725 * 1.15); // We want to ensure there is a % of padding on the top of the chart
     return chart;
   }
 
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/StyleManager.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/StyleManager.java
index 66420c974bb3cd6e8268a5be303910c9f090be11..f0bfe4fcb890e53accead2116ae585aa70ba7d0b 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/StyleManager.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/StyleManager.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class StyleManager {
   private Double xAxisMax;
   private Double yAxisMin;
   private Double yAxisMax;
-  private double axisTickSpaceRatio;
+  private double axisTickSpacePercentage;
   private TextAlignment xAxisLabelAlignment = TextAlignment.Centre;
   private TextAlignment yAxisLabelAlignment = TextAlignment.Left;
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public class StyleManager {
     xAxisMax = null;
     yAxisMin = null;
     yAxisMax = null;
-    axisTickSpaceRatio = .95;
+    axisTickSpacePercentage = .95;
 
     // Chart Plot Area ///////////////////////////////
     isPlotGridLinesVisible = theme.isPlotGridLinesVisible();
@@ -872,14 +872,14 @@ public class StyleManager {
     return yAxisMax;
   }
 
-  public void setAxisTickSpaceRatio(double axisTickSpaceRatio) {
+  public void setAxisTickSpacePercentage(double axisTickSpacePercentage) {
 
-    this.axisTickSpaceRatio = axisTickSpaceRatio;
+    this.axisTickSpacePercentage = axisTickSpacePercentage;
   }
 
-  public double getAxisTickSpaceRatio() {
+  public double getAxisTickSpacePercentage() {
 
-    return axisTickSpaceRatio;
+    return axisTickSpacePercentage;
   }
 
   public TextAlignment getXAxisLabelAlignment() {
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickBarChartCalculator.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickBarChartCalculator.java
index 7a8e647a60c3ce6eff5bc9900ed63bb2edc256ed..3f91d61dc0517ca6990607b49d63a8bbd2b8a960 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickBarChartCalculator.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickBarChartCalculator.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class AxisTickBarChartCalculator extends AxisTickCalculator {
   private void calculate(ChartPainter chartPainter) {
 
     // tick space - a percentage of the working space available for ticks
-    int tickSpace = (int) (styleManager.getAxisTickSpaceRatio() * workingSpace); // in plot space
+    int tickSpace = (int) (styleManager.getAxisTickSpacePercentage() * workingSpace); // in plot space
 
     // where the tick should begin in the working space in pixels
     double margin = Utils.getTickStartOffset(workingSpace, tickSpace); // in plot space double gridStep = getGridStepForDecimal(tickSpace);
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickDateCalculator.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickDateCalculator.java
index 89963ba2d0546affc216fe29b2756b59a468fa60..b871b94400064c52ef05cbd3d4e49ab446c0f39a 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickDateCalculator.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickDateCalculator.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class AxisTickDateCalculator extends AxisTickCalculator {
   private void calculate() {
 
     // tick space - a percentage of the working space available for ticks
-    double tickSpace = styleManager.getAxisTickSpaceRatio() * workingSpace; // in plot space
+    double tickSpace = styleManager.getAxisTickSpacePercentage() * workingSpace; // in plot space
 
     // where the tick should begin in the working space in pixels
     double margin = Utils.getTickStartOffset(workingSpace, tickSpace); // in plot space double gridStep = getGridStepForDecimal(tickSpace);
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLabels.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLabels.java
index cc1d035877edbbff1a9486127c239137292271ef..e25f3bc7e5c0d52039bb1db78153ea0b68a9da82 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLabels.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLabels.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public class AxisTickLabels implements ChartPart {
 
       for (int i = 0; i < axisTick.getTickLabels().size(); i++) {
         String tickLabel = axisTick.getTickLabels().get(i);
+        // System.out.println("** " + tickLabel);
         double tickLocation = axisTick.getTickLocations().get(i);
         double flippedTickLocation = yOffset + height - tickLocation;
 
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLogarithmicCalculator.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLogarithmicCalculator.java
index c534edc63b6fec98fb8d21dd350074771a1b69a4..80e627099a34b6af626db7cb677c979aeef35a4a 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLogarithmicCalculator.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLogarithmicCalculator.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class AxisTickLogarithmicCalculator extends AxisTickCalculator {
     }
 
     // tick space - a percentage of the working space available for ticks
-    double tickSpace = styleManager.getAxisTickSpaceRatio() * workingSpace; // in plot space
+    double tickSpace = styleManager.getAxisTickSpacePercentage() * workingSpace; // in plot space
 
     // where the tick should begin in the working space in pixels
     double margin = Utils.getTickStartOffset(workingSpace, tickSpace); // in plot space double gridStep = getGridStepForDecimal(tickSpace);
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickNumericalCalculator.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickNumericalCalculator.java
index b6c9fbb294c7bb69112a85cbc86fa1b6acd4e38a..48d6efb99919cfb73f96b9b05bbfc1675d601b9b 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickNumericalCalculator.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickNumericalCalculator.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class AxisTickNumericalCalculator extends AxisTickCalculator {
     }
 
     // tick space - a percentage of the working space available for ticks
-    double tickSpace = styleManager.getAxisTickSpaceRatio() * workingSpace; // in plot space
+    double tickSpace = styleManager.getAxisTickSpacePercentage() * workingSpace; // in plot space
 
     // where the tick should begin in the working space in pixels
     double margin = Utils.getTickStartOffset(workingSpace, tickSpace); // in plot space double gridStep = getGridStepForDecimal(tickSpace);
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ public class AxisTickNumericalCalculator extends AxisTickCalculator {
     // generate all tickLabels and tickLocations from the first to last position
     for (BigDecimal tickPosition = cleanedFirstPosition; tickPosition.compareTo(BigDecimal.valueOf(maxValue + 2 * cleanedGridStep.doubleValue())) < 0; tickPosition = tickPosition.add(cleanedGridStep)) {
 
-      tickLabels.add(numberFormatter.formatNumber(tickPosition, minValue, maxValue, axisDirection));
+      String tickLabel = numberFormatter.formatNumber(tickPosition, minValue, maxValue, axisDirection);
+      // System.out.println(tickLabel);
+      tickLabels.add(tickLabel);
       // here we convert tickPosition finally to plot space, i.e. pixels
       double tickLabelPosition = margin + ((tickPosition.doubleValue() - minValue) / (maxValue - minValue) * tickSpace);
       tickLocations.add(tickLabelPosition);
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/PlotContentBarChart.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/PlotContentBarChart.java
index a13983f83ee28ee2c00f5f3109eae1503c6fe7d8..9916e4714bc640e332053773f04841cee102c20a 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/PlotContentBarChart.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/PlotContentBarChart.java
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ public class PlotContentBarChart extends PlotContent {
     StyleManager styleManager = plot.getChartPainter().getStyleManager();
 
     // X-Axis
-    double xTickSpace = styleManager.getAxisTickSpaceRatio() * bounds.getWidth();
+    double xTickSpace = styleManager.getAxisTickSpacePercentage() * bounds.getWidth();
     double xLeftMargin = Utils.getTickStartOffset(bounds.getWidth(), xTickSpace);
 
     // Y-Axis
-    double yTickSpace = styleManager.getAxisTickSpaceRatio() * bounds.getHeight();
+    double yTickSpace = styleManager.getAxisTickSpacePercentage() * bounds.getHeight();
     double yTopMargin = Utils.getTickStartOffset(bounds.getHeight(), yTickSpace);
 
     int numBars = getChartPainter().getAxisPair().getSeriesMap().values().iterator().next().getXData().size();
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/PlotContentLineChart.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/PlotContentLineChart.java
index 076dbe42cb0be80e1c8f8971ace2446678176c39..ba2033c9f2f7c42852087bfcf55b53ee02a648c5 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/PlotContentLineChart.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/PlotContentLineChart.java
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ public class PlotContentLineChart extends PlotContent {
     g.setClip(bounds);
 
     // X-Axis
-    double xTickSpace = styleManager.getAxisTickSpaceRatio() * bounds.getWidth();
+    double xTickSpace = styleManager.getAxisTickSpacePercentage() * bounds.getWidth();
     double xLeftMargin = Utils.getTickStartOffset((int) bounds.getWidth(), xTickSpace);
 
     // Y-Axis
-    double yTickSpace = styleManager.getAxisTickSpaceRatio() * bounds.getHeight();
+    double yTickSpace = styleManager.getAxisTickSpacePercentage() * bounds.getHeight();
     double yTopMargin = Utils.getTickStartOffset((int) bounds.getHeight(), yTickSpace);
 
     for (Series series : getChartPainter().getAxisPair().getSeriesMap().values()) {