I use a style of y-axis labels in which each number is placed, left-aligned, on top of its respective horizontal grid line, like in the image below.
The only complicatio
It doesn't work for categorized axis - in that type,axis is divided into equal categories, so min/max padding isn't allowed.
Possible solution is to use standard axis, but use formatter for axis, see: http://jsfiddle.net/NWsgz/4/
formatter