diff -r 7debe59d41b7 javafx-ui-controls/src/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/caspian/caspian.css
--- a/javafx-ui-controls/src/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/caspian/caspian.css	Wed Aug 24 06:17:20 2011 +1000
+++ b/javafx-ui-controls/src/com/sun/javafx/scene/control/skin/caspian/caspian.css	Wed Aug 24 23:33:38 2011 -0700
@@ -2747,10 +2747,6 @@
 }
 
 /* ====== AXIS ============================================================================ */
-.axis {
-    -fx-font-size: 1.166667em; /* 14pt - 2 more than the default font */
-    -fx-tick-label-font: 32 "Amble Cn";
-}
 .axis:top {
     -fx-border-color: transparent transparent #666666 transparent;
 }
@@ -2763,9 +2759,6 @@
 .axis:left {
     -fx-border-color: transparent #666666 transparent transparent;
 }
-.axis .tick-mark {
-    -fx-font-size: 0.6em;
-}
 .axis-tick-mark {
     -fx-fill: null;
     -fx-stroke: #666666;
diff -r 7debe59d41b7 javafx-ui-controls/src/javafx/scene/chart/Axis.java
--- a/javafx-ui-controls/src/javafx/scene/chart/Axis.java	Wed Aug 24 06:17:20 2011 +1000
+++ b/javafx-ui-controls/src/javafx/scene/chart/Axis.java	Wed Aug 24 23:33:38 2011 -0700
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@
     public final BooleanProperty autoRangingProperty() { return autoRanging; }
 
     /** The font for all tick labels */
-    @Styleable(property="-fx-tick-label-font", initial="10 \"Amble Cn\"", inherits=true)
-    private ObjectProperty<Font> tickLabelFont = new ObjectPropertyBase<Font>(Font.font("Amble Cn",10)) {
+    @Styleable(property="-fx-tick-label-font", initial="8 System", inherits=true)
+    private ObjectProperty<Font> tickLabelFont = new ObjectPropertyBase<Font>(Font.font("System",8)) {
         @Override protected void invalidated() {
             impl_cssPropertyInvalidated(StyleableProperties.TICK_LABEL_FONT);
             Font f = get();