plotly
diff --git a/‎src/plots/cartesian/autorange.js
+1-2 b/‎src/plots/cartesian/autorange.js
+1-2
diff --git a/‎src/plots/cartesian/axes.js
+3-3 b/‎src/plots/cartesian/axes.js
+3-3
diff --git a/‎test/image/baselines/ticklabelposition-1.png
-274 Bytes b/‎test/image/baselines/ticklabelposition-1.png
-274 Bytes
diff --git a/‎test/image/baselines/ticklabelposition-2.png
-1.1 KB b/‎test/image/baselines/ticklabelposition-2.png
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@@ -247,9 +247,8 @@ function makePadFn(ax, max) {
                             Math.max(h * cosA, w * sinA)
                         );
 
-                        var fontSize = anchorAxis.tickfont ? anchorAxis.tickfont.size : 12;
                         // add extra pad around label
-                        morePad += fontSize / 5;
+                        morePad += 3;
                     }
                 });
             }
 
@@ -2529,12 +2529,12 @@ function getTickLabelUV(ax) {
     if(isAligned) {
         u += fontSize * MID_SHIFT * (isX ? 0.25 : 2);
     }
-    if(!isX) {
-        v += fontSize * MID_SHIFT;
-    } else if(side === 'bottom') {
+    if(!isX || side === 'bottom') {
         v += fontSize * MID_SHIFT / 2;
+        v += 3; // add extra pad
     }
 
+
     if(isLeft || isTop) u = -u;
     if(side === 'bottom' || side === 'right') v = -v;
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -247,9 +247,8 @@ function makePadFn(ax, max) {`
`247`	`247`	`Math.max(h * cosA, w * sinA)`
`248`	`248`	`);`
`249`	`249`
`250`		`- var fontSize = anchorAxis.tickfont ? anchorAxis.tickfont.size : 12;`
`251`	`250`	`// add extra pad around label`
`252`		`- morePad += fontSize / 5;`
	`251`	`+ morePad += 3;`
`253`	`252`	`}`
`254`	`253`	`});`
`255`	`254`	`}`