I have a repeating Combo Chart, with left-to-right stacked bars and a line to show national average.

I'd like to standardize the text size of the Labels so they remain legible.  Whenever I lower the height of the chart, the label shrinks to where it's illegible (possibly 3 or 4 point text).

I've tried setting Axes > Scale > Label Text Size, but to no avail.  Are there other settings that will standardize the size of the Label Text no matter if the Chart width or height size is changed?

I'm currently using Nevron SSRS Vision Designer 2012.1.

Hi William,

In general there are two reasons why an axis labels may become smaller than specified:

1. The axis lables are overlapping and the control has AutoScale enabled to resolve those overlaps. To turn off this feature go to axis \ Advanced tab and AutoScale from the "Label Overlap Resolve Mode" check list.

2. The axis label size become bigger than maximum margin allowed for the axes. By default the control restricts the total size of the axes to be around 30% of the total area reserved by the chart. This is done to improve readability of charts with long labels (absent this restriction axis label can "eat" all the space available for the chart and the user will not see any data). To turn off this feature go to Chart Areas\2D - 3D Effects tab. In the Max Dock Zone Margins group uncheck Automatic and specify very large values for the Left, Right, Top and Bottom margins (for example 10000).

If the problem is cause by something else please send an rdl file and data to reproduce the problem and check for available solution.

Let us know if you have any questions or comments.

Thanks for the info!

I had unchecked the AutoScale option, but wasn't aware of the Min/Max Dock Zone Margins.

I've set both Min and Max to a standard value, and the Label Text remains consistent to my settings.  The size of the chart does shrink, but this is the expected and requested behavior from the customer on these reports.

Thank you very much for your swift and accurate response!

W. Tarry