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# Labeling Axes
When creating a chart, you want to tell the viewer what data they are viewing. To do this, you need to label the axis.
## Scale Title Configuration
The scale label configuration is nested under the scale configuration in the `scaleLabel` key. It defines options for the scale title. Note that this only applies to cartesian axes.
| Name | Type | Default | Description
| -----| ---- | --------| -----------
| `display` | `Boolean` | `false` | If true, display the axis title.
| `labelString` | `String` | `''` | The text for the title. (i.e. "# of People" or "Respone Choices").
| `fontColor` | Color | `'#666'` | Font color for scale title.
| `fontFamily` | `String` | `"'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif"` | Font family for the scale title, follows CSS font-family options.
| `fontSize` | `Number` | `12` | Font size for scale title.
| `fontStyle` | `String` | `'normal'` | Font style for the scale title, follows CSS font-style options (i.e. normal, italic, oblique, initial, inherit).
## Creating Custom Tick Formats
It is also common to want to change the tick marks to include information about the data type. For example, adding a dollar sign ('$'). To do this, you need to override the `ticks.callback` method in the axis configuration.
In the following example, every label of the Y axis would be displayed with a dollar sign at the front..
If the callback returns `null` or `undefined` the associated grid line will be hidden.
```javascript
var chart = new Chart(ctx, {
type: 'line',
data: data,
options: {
scales: {
yAxes: [{
ticks: {
// Include a dollar sign in the ticks
callback: function(value, index, values) {
return '$' + value;
}
}
}]
}
}
});
```
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