In progress...

src/Chart.vala

@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@ namespace CairoChart {
 			default = Color();
 		}
 
-		/**
-		 * TODO: remove all spacing fields / evaluate automatically.
-		 */
-		[Version (deprecated = true)]
-		public double title_spacing = 4;
-
 		/**
 		 * Constructs a new ``Chart``.
 		 */
@@ -129,7 +123,6 @@ namespace CairoChart {
 			chart.selection_style = this.selection_style;
 			chart.series = this.series;
 			chart.title = this.title.copy();
-			chart.title_spacing = this.title_spacing;
 			chart.zoom = this.zoom;
 			chart.zoom_1st_idx = this.zoom_1st_idx;
 			return chart;
@@ -350,11 +343,11 @@ namespace CairoChart {
 		}
 		protected virtual void draw_title () {
 			var sz = title.get_size(ctx);
-			var title_height = sz.height + (legend.position == Legend.Position.TOP ? title_spacing * 2 : title_spacing);
+			var title_height = sz.height + (legend.position == Legend.Position.TOP ? title.vspacing * 2 : title.vspacing);
 			evarea.y += title_height;
 			evarea.height -= title_height;
 			color = title.color;
-			ctx.move_to (area.width/2 - sz.width/2, sz.height + title_spacing);
+			ctx.move_to (area.width/2 - sz.width/2, sz.height + title.vspacing);
 			title.show(ctx);
 		}
 		protected virtual void draw_haxes () {

src/Cursor.vala

@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ namespace CairoChart {
 								break;
 							case Axis.Position.HIGH:
 								var title_height = chart.title.get_height(chart.ctx) + (chart.legend.position == Legend.Position.TOP ?
-								                   chart.title_spacing * 2 : chart.title_spacing);
+								                   chart.title.vspacing * 2 : chart.title.vspacing);
 								print_y = chart.area.y + title_height + s.axis_x.font_spacing
 								          + (chart.legend.position == Legend.Position.TOP ? chart.legend.height : 0);
 								switch (s.axis_x.type) {

src/Legend.vala

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace CairoChart {
 				case Position.TOP:
 					x0 = (chart.area.width - width) / 2;
 					var title_height = chart.title.get_height(chart.ctx) + (chart.legend.position == Legend.Position.TOP ?
-					                   chart.title_spacing * 2 : chart.title_spacing);
+					                   chart.title.vspacing * 2 : chart.title.vspacing);
 					y0 = title_height;
 				break;
 

src/Text.vala

@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ namespace CairoChart {
 		public string text = "";
 		public Font.Style style = Font.Style ();
 		public Color color = Color();
+		public double vspacing = 4;
+		public double hspacing = 4;
+		public double spacing {
+			protected get {
+				return 0;
+			}
+			set {
+				vspacing = hspacing = value;
+			}
+			default = 4;
+		}
 
 		public virtual Cairo.TextExtents get_extents (Cairo.Context ctx) {
 			ctx.select_font_face (style.family, style.slant, style.weight);