diff --git a/chart.go b/chart.go
index bf82a57..98079a0 100644
--- a/chart.go
+++ b/chart.go
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ func (c Chart) Render(rp RendererProvider, w io.Writer) error {
 		xt, yt, yta = c.getAxesTicks(r, xr, yr, yra, xf, yf, yfa)
 		canvasBox = c.getAxisAdjustedCanvasBox(r, canvasBox, xr, yr, yra, xt, yt, yta)
 		xr, yr, yra = c.setRangeDomains(canvasBox, xr, yr, yra)
+
+		// do a second pass in case things haven't settled yet.
 		xt, yt, yta = c.getAxesTicks(r, xr, yr, yra, xf, yf, yfa)
+		canvasBox = c.getAxisAdjustedCanvasBox(r, canvasBox, xr, yr, yra, xt, yt, yta)
+		xr, yr, yra = c.setRangeDomains(canvasBox, xr, yr, yra)
 	}
 
 	if c.hasAnnotationSeries() {
diff --git a/examples/timeseries/main.go b/examples/timeseries/main.go
index aade79a..9303ab7 100644
--- a/examples/timeseries/main.go
+++ b/examples/timeseries/main.go
@@ -42,7 +42,46 @@ func drawChart(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	graph.Render(chart.PNG, res)
 }
 
+func drawCustomChart(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	/*
+	   This is basically the other timeseries example, except we switch to hour intervals and specify a different formatter from default for the xaxis tick labels.
+	*/
+	graph := chart.Chart{
+		XAxis: chart.XAxis{
+			Style: chart.Style{
+				Show: true,
+			},
+			ValueFormatter: chart.TimeHourValueFormatter,
+		},
+		Series: []chart.Series{
+			chart.TimeSeries{
+				XValues: []time.Time{
+					time.Now().Add(-10 * time.Hour),
+					time.Now().Add(-9 * time.Hour),
+					time.Now().Add(-8 * time.Hour),
+					time.Now().Add(-7 * time.Hour),
+					time.Now().Add(-6 * time.Hour),
+					time.Now().Add(-5 * time.Hour),
+					time.Now().Add(-4 * time.Hour),
+					time.Now().Add(-3 * time.Hour),
+					time.Now().Add(-2 * time.Hour),
+					time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Hour),
+					time.Now(),
+				},
+				YValues: []float64{1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	res.Header().Set("Content-Type", "image/png")
+	graph.Render(chart.PNG, res)
+}
+
 func main() {
 	http.HandleFunc("/", drawChart)
+	http.HandleFunc("/favico.ico", func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		res.Write([]byte{})
+	})
+	http.HandleFunc("/custom", drawCustomChart)
 	http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
 }
diff --git a/xaxis.go b/xaxis.go
index 8df875f..0f3650e 100644
--- a/xaxis.go
+++ b/xaxis.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ func (xa XAxis) GetGridLines(ticks []Tick) []GridLine {
 func (xa XAxis) Measure(r Renderer, canvasBox Box, ra Range, defaults Style, ticks []Tick) Box {
 	r.SetStrokeColor(xa.Style.GetStrokeColor(defaults.StrokeColor))
 	r.SetStrokeWidth(xa.Style.GetStrokeWidth(defaults.StrokeWidth))
+	r.SetStrokeDashArray(xa.Style.GetStrokeDashArray())
 	r.SetFont(xa.Style.GetFont(defaults.GetFont()))
 	r.SetFontColor(xa.Style.GetFontColor(DefaultAxisColor))
 	r.SetFontSize(xa.Style.GetFontSize(defaults.GetFontSize()))
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ func (xa XAxis) Measure(r Renderer, canvasBox Box, ra Range, defaults Style, tic
 func (xa XAxis) Render(r Renderer, canvasBox Box, ra Range, defaults Style, ticks []Tick) {
 	r.SetStrokeColor(xa.Style.GetStrokeColor(defaults.StrokeColor))
 	r.SetStrokeWidth(xa.Style.GetStrokeWidth(defaults.StrokeWidth))
+	r.SetStrokeDashArray(xa.Style.GetStrokeDashArray())
 	r.SetFont(xa.Style.GetFont(defaults.GetFont()))
 	r.SetFontColor(xa.Style.GetFontColor(DefaultAxisColor))
 	r.SetFontSize(xa.Style.GetFontSize(defaults.GetFontSize()))