diff --git a/demo/simple_test.py b/demo/simple_test.py
index a1e9ff5..94fdc27 100755
--- a/demo/simple_test.py
+++ b/demo/simple_test.py
@@ -172,12 +172,14 @@ xy.title = "XY test"
 xy.render_to_file('out-xy.svg')
 
 pie = Pie(Config(style=NeonStyle))
-pie.add('test', [lnk(11, 'Foo'), {'value': 8, 'label': 'Few'}, 21])
-pie.add('test2', [lnk(29), None, 9])
-pie.add('test3', [24, 10, 32])
-pie.add('test4', [20, lnk(18), 9])
-pie.add('test5', [17, 5, 10])
-pie.add('test6', [None, None, 10])
+# pie.add('test', [lnk(11, 'Foo'), {'value': 8, 'label': 'Few'}, 21])
+# pie.add('test2', [lnk(29), None, 9])
+# pie.add('test3', [24, 10, 32])
+# pie.add('test4', [20, lnk(18), 9])
+# pie.add('test5', [17, 5, 10])
+# pie.add('test6', [None, None, 10])
+for i in range(30):
+    pie.add(str(i) + '!' * i, [i, 30 - i])
 
 # pie.included_js = []
 # pie.external_js = [
diff --git a/pygal/config.py b/pygal/config.py
index 5c43c85..13f7c9f 100644
--- a/pygal/config.py
+++ b/pygal/config.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class Config(object):
     #: Set to false to remove legend
     show_legend = True
     #: Set to true to position legend at bottom
-    legend_at_bottom = True
+    legend_at_bottom = False
     #: Set to false to remove dots
     show_dots = True
     #: Size of legend boxes
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ class Config(object):
     disable_xml_declaration = False
     #: Write width and height attributes
     explicit_size = False
-    #: Legend string length truncation threshold
-    truncate_legend = 15
+    #: Legend string length truncation threshold (None = auto)
+    truncate_legend = None
     #: Label string length truncation threshold (None = auto)
     truncate_label = None
 
diff --git a/pygal/graph/base.py b/pygal/graph/base.py
index f7e3619..c53b8d6 100644
--- a/pygal/graph/base.py
+++ b/pygal/graph/base.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from pygal.util import (
 from pygal.svg import Svg
 from pygal.config import Config
 from pygal.util import cached_property
-from math import sin, cos
+from math import sin, cos, sqrt
 
 
 class BaseGraph(object):
@@ -86,10 +86,13 @@ class BaseGraph(object):
         """Compute graph margins from set texts"""
         if self.show_legend:
             h, w = get_texts_box(
-                map(lambda x: truncate(x, self.truncate_legend),
+                map(lambda x: truncate(x, self.truncate_legend or 15),
                   cut(self.series, 'title')),
                 self.legend_font_size)
-            self.margin.right += 10 + w + self.legend_box_size
+            if self.legend_at_bottom:
+                self.margin.bottom += 10 + h * int(sqrt(len(self.series)))
+            else:
+                self.margin.right += 10 + w + self.legend_box_size
 
         if self.title:
             h, w = get_text_box(self.title, self.title_font_size)
@@ -98,12 +101,15 @@ class BaseGraph(object):
         if self._x_labels:
             h, w = get_texts_box(
                 cut(self._x_labels), self.label_font_size)
-            self.margin.bottom += 10 + max(
+            self._x_labels_height = 10 + max(
                 w * sin(rad(self.x_label_rotation)), h)
+            self.margin.bottom += self._x_labels_height
             if self.x_label_rotation:
                 self.margin.right = max(
                     w * cos(rad(self.x_label_rotation)),
                     self.margin.right)
+        else:
+            self._x_labels_height = 0
         if self._y_labels:
             h, w = get_texts_box(
                 cut(self._y_labels), self.label_font_size)
diff --git a/pygal/graph/graph.py b/pygal/graph/graph.py
index 4937fd0..001aaac 100644
--- a/pygal/graph/graph.py
+++ b/pygal/graph/graph.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ from pygal.interpolate import interpolation
 from pygal.graph.base import BaseGraph
 from pygal.view import View, LogView
 from pygal.util import is_major, truncate, reverse_text_len
-from math import isnan, pi
+from math import isnan, pi, sqrt, floor, ceil
 
 
 class Graph(BaseGraph):
@@ -181,29 +181,50 @@ class Graph(BaseGraph):
         """Make the legend box"""
         if not self.show_legend:
             return
+        truncation = self.truncate_legend
+        if self.legend_at_bottom:
+            x = self.margin.left + 10
+            y = (self.margin.top + self.view.height +
+                 self._x_labels_height + 10)
+            cols = ceil(sqrt(len(self.series)))
+            if not truncation:
+                available_space = self.width / cols - (
+                    self.legend_box_size + 5)
+                truncation = int(reverse_text_len(
+                    available_space, self.legend_font_size))
+        else:
+            x = self.margin.left + self.view.width + 10
+            y = self.margin.top + 10
+            cols = 1
+            if not truncation:
+                truncation = 15
+
         legends = self.svg.node(
             self.nodes['graph'], class_='legends',
-            transform='translate(%d, %d)' % (
-                self.margin.left + self.view.width + 10,
-                self.margin.top + 10))
+            transform='translate(%d, %d)' % (x, y))
+
+        x_step = self.width / cols
         for i, title in enumerate(self._legends):
+            col = i % cols
+            row = i // cols
+
             legend = self.svg.node(
                 legends, class_='legend reactive activate-serie',
                 id="activate-serie-%d" % i)
             self.svg.node(
                 legend, 'rect',
-                x=0,
-                y=1.5 * i * self.legend_box_size,
+                x=col * x_step,
+                y=1.5 * row * self.legend_box_size,
                 width=self.legend_box_size,
                 height=self.legend_box_size,
-                class_="color-%d reactive" % i
+                class_="color-%d reactive" % (i % 16)
             )
-            truncated = truncate(title, self.truncate_legend)
+            truncated = truncate(title, truncation)
             # Serious magical numbers here
             self.svg.node(
                 legend, 'text',
-                x=self.legend_box_size + 5,
-                y=1.5 * i * self.legend_box_size
+                x=col * x_step + self.legend_box_size + 5,
+                y=1.5 * row * self.legend_box_size
                 + .5 * self.legend_box_size
                 + .3 * self.legend_font_size
             ).text = truncated
@@ -224,13 +245,13 @@ class Graph(BaseGraph):
         return dict(
             plot=self.svg.node(
                 self.nodes['plot'],
-                class_='series serie-%d color-%d' % (serie, serie)),
+                class_='series serie-%d color-%d' % (serie, serie % 16)),
             overlay=self.svg.node(
                 self.nodes['overlay'],
-                class_='series serie-%d color-%d' % (serie, serie)),
+                class_='series serie-%d color-%d' % (serie, serie % 16)),
             text_overlay=self.svg.node(
                 self.nodes['text_overlay'],
-                class_='series serie-%d color-%d' % (serie, serie)))
+                class_='series serie-%d color-%d' % (serie, serie % 16)))
 
     def _interpolate(self, ys, xs,
                    polar=False, xy=False, xy_xmin=None, xy_rng=None):
diff --git a/pygal/util.py b/pygal/util.py
index 0581df4..2c27c56 100644
--- a/pygal/util.py
+++ b/pygal/util.py
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ def cycle_fill(short_list, max_len):
     """Fill a list to max_len using a cycle of it"""
     short_list = list(short_list)
     list_cycle = cycle(short_list)
-    while len(short_list) < 16:
+    while len(short_list) < max_len:
         short_list.append(list_cycle.next())
     return short_list