diff --git a/semcore/d3-chart/src/Axis.jsx b/semcore/d3-chart/src/Axis.jsx
index 34d235ae12..249313143b 100644
--- a/semcore/d3-chart/src/Axis.jsx
+++ b/semcore/d3-chart/src/Axis.jsx
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import { Component, sstyled } from '@semcore/core';
-import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
 
 import createElement from './createElement';
 import style from './style/axis.shadow.css';
 import { scaleOfBandwidth } from './utils';
 
+const TICK_MARGIN_X = 16;
+const TICK_MARGIN_Y = 8;
+
 const CUSTOM_0 = Symbol('custom_0');
 const CUSTOM_1 = Symbol('custom_1');
 
@@ -82,32 +85,40 @@ const MAP_POSITION_AXIS = {
 };
 
 const MAP_POSITION_TICK = {
-  top: ([xScale, yScale], value) => {
+  top: ([xScale, yScale], value, _, { width, height }) => {
     const yRange = yScale.range();
+    const [translateX, translateY] = [-width / 2, -height - TICK_MARGIN_Y];
+
     return {
-      x: scaleOfBandwidth(xScale, value),
-      y: yRange[1],
+      x: scaleOfBandwidth(xScale, value) + translateX,
+      y: yRange[1] + translateY,
     };
   },
-  bottom: ([xScale, yScale], value) => {
+  bottom: ([xScale, yScale], value, _, { width }) => {
     const yRange = yScale.range();
+    const [translateX, translateY] = [-width / 2, TICK_MARGIN_Y];
+
     return {
-      x: scaleOfBandwidth(xScale, value),
-      y: yRange[0],
+      x: scaleOfBandwidth(xScale, value) + translateX,
+      y: yRange[0] + translateY,
     };
   },
-  right: ([xScale, yScale], value) => {
+  right: ([xScale, yScale], value, _, { height }) => {
     const xRange = xScale.range();
+    const [translateX, translateY] = [TICK_MARGIN_X, -height / 2];
+
     return {
-      x: xRange[1],
-      y: scaleOfBandwidth(yScale, value),
+      x: xRange[1] + translateX,
+      y: scaleOfBandwidth(yScale, value) + translateY,
     };
   },
-  left: ([xScale, yScale], value) => {
+  left: ([xScale, yScale], value, _, { width, height }) => {
     const xRange = xScale.range();
+    const [translateX, translateY] = [-width - TICK_MARGIN_X, -height / 2];
+
     return {
-      x: xRange[0],
-      y: scaleOfBandwidth(yScale, value),
+      x: xRange[0] + translateX,
+      y: scaleOfBandwidth(yScale, value) + translateY,
     };
   },
   [CUSTOM_0]: ([xScale, yScale], value, pos) => {
@@ -179,61 +190,16 @@ const MAP_POSITION_TITlE = {
   },
 };
 
-function renderValue(value) {
+function renderValue(value, locale = 'en') {
   if (value instanceof Date) {
-    return value.toLocaleDateString();
+    return new Intl.DateTimeFormat(locale, {
+      day: 'numeric',
+      month: 'short',
+    }).format(value);
   }
   return value;
 }
 
-function splitTextByWidth(root, text, maxWidth) {
-  if (!text || !maxWidth || maxWidth <= 0) return [];
-
-  const words = text.split(/\s+/).filter((word) => word.length > 0);
-  if (words.length === 0) return [];
-
-  const lines = [];
-  let currentLine = words[0];
-
-  for (let i = 1; i < words.length; i++) {
-    const testLine = `${currentLine} ${words[i]}`.trim();
-    const testWidth = measureTextWidth(root, testLine);
-
-    if (testWidth <= maxWidth) {
-      currentLine = testLine;
-    } else {
-      if (currentLine) {
-        lines.push(currentLine);
-      }
-
-      currentLine = words[i];
-
-      if (measureTextWidth(root, currentLine) > maxWidth) {
-        lines.push(currentLine);
-        currentLine = '';
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (currentLine) {
-    lines.push(currentLine);
-  }
-
-  return lines;
-}
-
-function measureTextWidth(rootRef, text, fontSize = 12) {
-  const textEl = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'text');
-  textEl.setAttribute('font-size', fontSize);
-  textEl.setAttribute('visibility', 'hidden');
-  textEl.textContent = text;
-
-  rootRef.appendChild(textEl);
-  const width = textEl.getComputedTextLength();
-  rootRef.removeChild(textEl);
-  return width;
-}
-
 class AxisRoot extends Component {
   static displayName = 'Axis';
 
@@ -294,22 +260,25 @@ function Ticks(props) {
     dataHintsHandler,
     children,
     childrenPosition = 'inside',
-    rootRef,
-    multiline,
+    locale,
+    primaryText,
+    size,
   } = props;
-  const [rootRefElement, setRootRefElement] = useState(null);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (rootRef.current) setRootRefElement(rootRef.current);
-  }, []);
+  const isXScale = indexScale === 0;
+
+  const [_, plotHeight] = size;
+  const currentScale = scale[indexScale];
+  const secondaryScale = scale[isXScale ? 1 : 0];
+
+  const [startPointCurrentScale, endPointCurrentScale] = currentScale.range();
+  const [startPointSecondaryScale, endPointSecondaryScale] = secondaryScale.range();
 
-  const tickBandwidth = scale[indexScale]?.bandwidth?.();
-  const ticksWithLines = ticks.map((tick) => ({
-    tick,
-    lines: typeof tick === 'string' && multiline && rootRefElement
-      ? splitTextByWidth(rootRefElement, tick, tickBandwidth)
-      : [],
-  }));
+  const tickStepSize = currentScale?.step?.() ?? Math.abs(startPointCurrentScale - endPointCurrentScale) / ticks.length;
+
+  const [tickWidth, tickHeight] = isXScale
+    ? [tickStepSize, Math.max(Math.abs(plotHeight - startPointSecondaryScale), endPointSecondaryScale)]
+    : [startPointSecondaryScale, tickStepSize];
 
   const pos = MAP_POSITION_TICK[position] ?? MAP_POSITION_TICK[MAP_INDEX_SCALE_SYMBOL[indexScale]];
   const positionClass = MAP_POSITION_TICK[position] ? position : `custom_${indexScale}`;
@@ -326,29 +295,25 @@ function Ticks(props) {
     }
   }
 
-  return ticksWithLines.map(({ tick: value, lines }, i) => {
-    const displayValue = typeof children === 'function' ? undefined : renderValue(value);
+  return ticks.map((value, i) => {
+    const displayValue = typeof children === 'function' ? undefined : renderValue(value, locale);
 
     return sstyled(styles)(
       <STick
-        aria-hidden
         key={i}
-        render='text'
-        childrenPosition={childrenPosition}
-        __excludeProps={['data', 'scale', 'format', 'value']}
-        value={value}
         index={i}
+        render='foreignObject'
+        childrenPosition={childrenPosition}
+        width={tickWidth}
+        height={tickHeight}
         position={positionClass}
         hide={hide}
-        multiline={multiline}
-        primaryText={props.primaryText}
-        {...pos(scale, value, position)}
+        primaryText={primaryText}
+        value={value}
+        __excludeProps={['data', 'scale', 'format', 'value']}
+        {...pos(scale, value, position, { width: tickWidth, height: tickHeight })}
       >
-        { lines.length > 1
-          ? lines.map((line, lineIndex) => (
-              <tspan key={line} {...pos(scale, value, position)} dy={lineIndex * 15}>{line}</tspan>
-            ))
-          : displayValue}
+        {displayValue}
       </STick>,
     );
   });
diff --git a/semcore/d3-chart/src/component/Chart/AbstractChart.type.ts b/semcore/d3-chart/src/component/Chart/AbstractChart.type.ts
index edcc2fef8e..824060c594 100644
--- a/semcore/d3-chart/src/component/Chart/AbstractChart.type.ts
+++ b/semcore/d3-chart/src/component/Chart/AbstractChart.type.ts
@@ -127,8 +127,10 @@ export type BaseChartProps<T extends ListData | ObjectData> = NSFlex.Props & {
    */
   yTicksCount?: number;
   /** Enables multiline tick labels for X axis, applicable only for band scales */
+  /** @deprecated has no effect since v.18 */
   multilineXTicks?: boolean;
   /** Enables multiline tick labels for Y axis, applicable only for band scales */
+  /** @deprecated has no effect since v.18 */
   multilineYTicks?: boolean;
   /**
    * Group key for all array-based charts (for get keys of items for legend except that group key)
@@ -137,8 +139,8 @@ export type BaseChartProps<T extends ListData | ObjectData> = NSFlex.Props & {
   /**
    * function for format axis item text
    */
-  axisXValueFormatter?: (value: unknown) => string;
-  axisYValueFormatter?: (value: unknown) => string;
+  axisXValueFormatter?: (value: unknown) => React.ReactNode;
+  axisYValueFormatter?: (value: unknown) => React.ReactNode;
   /**
    * Function for format text for tooltip
    */
diff --git a/semcore/d3-chart/src/style/axis.shadow.css b/semcore/d3-chart/src/style/axis.shadow.css
index 44ba9bc553..8c88def800 100644
--- a/semcore/d3-chart/src/style/axis.shadow.css
+++ b/semcore/d3-chart/src/style/axis.shadow.css
@@ -8,19 +8,44 @@ SAxis[hide] {
 
 STick {
   font-size: var(--intergalactic-fs-100, 12px);
-  fill: var(--intergalactic-chart-grid-text-label, oklch(0.097 0.023 156.5 / 0.468));
-}
-STick[primaryText] {
-  fill: var(--intergalactic-text-primary, oklch(0.1 0.03 137 / 0.899));
-}
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  line-height: var(--intergalactic-lh-100, 133%);
+  color: var(--intergalactic-text-secondary, oklch(0.097 0.023 156.5 / 0.468));
 
-STick[hide] {
-  display: none;
+  &[position='bottom'] {
+    text-align: center;
+  }
+
+  &[position='left'] {
+    text-align: end;
+    align-content: center;
+    dominant-baseline: central;
+  }
+
+  &[position='top'] {
+    text-align: center;
+    align-content: end;
+  }
+
+  &[position='right'] {
+    align-content: center;
+    dominant-baseline: central;
+  }
+
+  &[hide] {
+    display: none;
+  }
+
+  &[primaryText] {
+    color: var(--intergalactic-text-primary, oklch(0.1 0.03 137 / 0.899));
+  }
 }
 
 SGrid {
   fill: transparent;
-  stroke: var(--intergalactic-border-secondary, oklch(0.176 0.033 175.7 / 0.07));
+  stroke: var(--intergalactic-border-primary, oklch(0.137 0.026 175.7 / 0.161));
+  stroke-dasharray: 0 4;
+  stroke-linecap: round;
 }
 
 STitle {
@@ -55,56 +80,6 @@ STitle[position='left'][verticalWritingMode] {
   transform: none;
 }
 
-STick[position='top'] {
-  transform: translateY(-12px);
-  text-anchor: middle;
-}
-
-STick[position='bottom'] {
-  transform: translateY(12px);
-  text-anchor: middle;
-  dominant-baseline: hanging;
-
-  tspan {
-    dominant-baseline: hanging;
-  }
-}
-
-STick[position='right'] {
-  transform: translateX(16px);
-  dominant-baseline: middle;
-
-  tspan {
-    dominant-baseline: middle;
-  }
-
-  &[multiline] {
-    dominant-baseline: auto;
-
-    tspan {
-      dominant-baseline: auto;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-STick[position='left'] {
-  transform: translateX(-16px);
-  text-anchor: end;
-  dominant-baseline: middle;
-
-  tspan {
-    dominant-baseline: middle;
-  }
-
-  &[multiline] {
-    dominant-baseline: auto;
-
-    tspan {
-      dominant-baseline: auto;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 STick[position='custom_0'] {
   transform: translateY(12px);
   text-anchor: middle;
diff --git a/semcore/d3-chart/src/style/radar.shadow.css b/semcore/d3-chart/src/style/radar.shadow.css
index 0f9c593b09..1f94076777 100644
--- a/semcore/d3-chart/src/style/radar.shadow.css
+++ b/semcore/d3-chart/src/style/radar.shadow.css
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 SAxis {
-  stroke: var(--intergalactic-chart-grid-line, oklch(0.95 0.002 180));
+  stroke: var(--intergalactic-chart-grid-line, oklch(0.88 0.002 175.6));
   stroke-width: 1;
   fill: transparent;
 }
 
 SAxisLine,
 SAxisTick {
-  stroke: var(--intergalactic-chart-grid-line, oklch(0.95 0.002 180));
+  stroke: var(--intergalactic-chart-grid-line, oklch(0.88 0.002 175.6));
   stroke-width: 1;
   stroke-dasharray: 2;
   fill: transparent;
diff --git a/semcore/d3-chart/src/types/Axis.d.ts b/semcore/d3-chart/src/types/Axis.d.ts
index 5fd52fd2b4..44906e02da 100644
--- a/semcore/d3-chart/src/types/Axis.d.ts
+++ b/semcore/d3-chart/src/types/Axis.d.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type { IntergalacticD3Component } from './Plot';
 export interface IXAxisProps extends XAxisProps, UnknownProperties {}
 export type XAxisProps = Context & {
   /** The position of the axis relative chart
-   * @default 'button' */
+   * @default 'bottom' */
   position?: 'top' | 'right' | 'bottom' | 'left' | number;
   /** Element hide property
    * @default false */
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ export type AxisTicksProps = Context & {
   hide?: boolean;
   /** Values for axis ticks */
   ticks?: any[];
-  /** Enables multiline tick labels, applicable only for band scales  */
+  /** Enables multiline tick labels, applicable only for band scales */
+  /** @deprecated has no effect since v.18 */
   multiline?: boolean;
   /**
    * Enable `--intergalactic-text-primary` color for ticks
diff --git a/stories/components/d3-chart/docs/bar-chart.docs.stories.tsx b/stories/components/d3-chart/docs/bar-chart.docs.stories.tsx
index 8ed49225e6..91c142ad5d 100644
--- a/stories/components/d3-chart/docs/bar-chart.docs.stories.tsx
+++ b/stories/components/d3-chart/docs/bar-chart.docs.stories.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import BasicUsageExample from './examples/bar-chart/basic-usage';
 import DateFormatExample from './examples/bar-chart/date-format';
 import GroupedBarsExample from './examples/bar-chart/grouped-bars';
 import LegendAndPatternFillExample from './examples/bar-chart/legend-and-pattern-fill';
+import LinksExample from './examples/bar-chart/links';
 import NegativeValuesExample from './examples/bar-chart/negative-values';
 import TooltipExample from './examples/bar-chart/tooltip';
 import TrendLineExample from './examples/bar-chart/trend-line';
@@ -51,3 +52,7 @@ export const TrendLine: StoryObj = {
 export const LegendAndPatternFill: StoryObj = {
   render: LegendAndPatternFillExample,
 };
+
+export const Links: StoryObj = {
+  render: LinksExample,
+};
diff --git a/stories/components/d3-chart/docs/examples/bar-chart/links.tsx b/stories/components/d3-chart/docs/examples/bar-chart/links.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6507f1c835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stories/components/d3-chart/docs/examples/bar-chart/links.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { Chart } from '@semcore/ui/d3-chart';
+import Link from '@semcore/ui/link';
+import React from 'react';
+
+import BarMockData from '../../../__mocks__/bar';
+
+const links: Record<string, string> = {
+  'Category 1': 'https://google.com',
+  'Category 2': 'https://semrush.com',
+  'Category 3': 'https://developer.semrush.com/intergalactic/',
+};
+
+const Demo = () => {
+  return (
+    <Chart.Bar
+      groupKey='category'
+      data={data}
+      plotWidth={500}
+      plotHeight={300}
+      aria-label='Bar chart'
+      axisXValueFormatter={(value) => {
+        if (typeof value === 'string') {
+          const href = links[value];
+          return href ? <Link href={href}>{value}</Link> : value;
+        }
+      }}
+    />
+  );
+};
+
+const data = BarMockData.Default;
+
+export default Demo;
diff --git a/tools/theme/src/theme.ts b/tools/theme/src/theme.ts
index 72da812a77..a8feb96157 100644
--- a/tools/theme/src/theme.ts
+++ b/tools/theme/src/theme.ts
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ export const theme: Theme = {
         description: 'Border for distinguishing data sets and chart dots on the chart grid.',
       },
       chart_grid_line: {
-        value: neutral.at(L_BORDER_SECONDARY),
+        value: neutral.at(L_BORDER_PRIMARY),
         description: 'Grid and axis guide lines for charts.',
       },
       chart_grid_period_bg: {
diff --git a/website/docs/style/design-tokens/design-tokens.json b/website/docs/style/design-tokens/design-tokens.json
index df1e7d1053..73329bc40c 100644
--- a/website/docs/style/design-tokens/design-tokens.json
+++ b/website/docs/style/design-tokens/design-tokens.json
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@
   },
   {
     "name": "--intergalactic-chart-grid-line",
-    "value": "oklch(0.95 0.002 180)",
+    "value": "oklch(0.88 0.002 175.6)",
     "description": "Grid and axis guide lines for charts.",
     "components": [
       "d3-chart"