To reproduce: - Start the Q3 2014 SP1 demo application. - Open the Bar example. - Set the orientation to horizontal. In addition please note that the first and the last labels of the horizontal axis are missing as well. Workaround: CategoricalAxis vertiacalAxis = radChartView1.Axes[1] as CategoricalAxis; if (vertiacalAxis != null) { vertiacalAxis.LabelFitMode = AxisLabelFitMode.Rotate; vertiacalAxis.LabelRotationAngle = .1; }