diff --git a/pygal/config.py b/pygal/config.py
index b0f93d0..26f2dfd 100644
--- a/pygal/config.py
+++ b/pygal/config.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ class Config(object):
     style = DefaultStyle
     # Various font sizes
     label_font_size = 10
-    values_font_size = 12
+    value_font_size = 8
+    tooltip_font_size = 20
     title_font_size = 16
     legend_font_size = 14
     # Specify labels rotation angles in degrees
@@ -92,12 +93,13 @@ class Config(object):
         """Can be updated with kwargs"""
         self.__dict__.update(kwargs)
 
-    @property
-    def font_sizes(self):
+    def font_sizes(self, with_unit=True):
         fs = FontSizes()
         for name in dir(self):
             if name.endswith('_font_size'):
-                setattr(fs,
-                        name.replace('_font_size', ''),
-                        '%dpx' % getattr(self, name))
+                setattr(
+                    fs,
+                    name.replace('_font_size', ''),
+                    ('%dpx' % getattr(self, name)
+                    ) if with_unit else getattr(self, name))
         return fs
diff --git a/pygal/css/graph.css b/pygal/css/graph.css
index 9518c22..04d92c2 100644
--- a/pygal/css/graph.css
+++ b/pygal/css/graph.css
@@ -58,12 +58,11 @@ text.no_data {
 .legends .legend text {
   font-family: monospace;  
   font-size: {{ font_sizes.legend }};
-  stroke: {{ style.foreground }};
   fill: {{ style.foreground }};
+  fill-opacity: 1;
 }
 
 .legends .legend:hover text {
-  stroke: {{ style.foreground_light }};
   fill: {{ style.foreground_light }};
 }
 
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ text.no_data {
   stroke: {{ style.foreground_light }};
 }
 
-
 .axis .guide.line {
   stroke: {{ style.foreground_dark }};
   stroke-dasharray: 4,4;
@@ -104,6 +102,11 @@ text.no_data {
   stroke: {{ style.foreground }};
   stroke-dasharray: 6,6;
 }
+.axis text.major {
+  stroke-width: 0.5px;
+  stroke: {{ style.foreground_light }};
+  fill: {{ style.foreground_light }};
+}
 
 .axis.{{ hidden }} .guide.line {
   opacity: 0;
@@ -122,15 +125,6 @@ text.no_data {
   opacity: 1;
 }
 
-.dot circle {
-  stroke-width: 1px;
-  fill-opacity: 1;
-}
-
-.dot circle.active {
-  stroke-width: 5px;
-}
-
 .nofill {
   fill: none;
 }
@@ -143,18 +137,35 @@ text.no_data {
   fill-opacity:  {{ style.opacity_hover }};
 }
 
+.dot {
+  stroke-width: 1px;
+  fill-opacity: 1;
+}
+
+.dot.active {
+  stroke-width: 5px;
+}
+
 .series text {
-  opacity: 0;
-  font-size: {{ font_sizes.values }};
-  text-anchor: middle;
-  stroke: {{ style.foreground_light }};
+  font-size: {{ font_sizes.value }};
+  stroke: none;
   fill: {{ style.foreground_light }};
-  text-shadow: 0 0 16px {{ style.background }};
 }
 
 .series text.active {
   opacity: 1;
 }
 
+#tooltip rect {
+  fill-opacity: 0.8;
+  fill: {{ style.background }};
+  stroke: {{ style.foreground_light }};
+}
+
+#tooltip text {
+  fill-opacity: 1;
+  fill: {{ style.foreground_light }};
+  font-size: {{ font_sizes.tooltip }};
+}
 
 {{ style.colors }}
diff --git a/pygal/graph/bar.py b/pygal/graph/bar.py
index 0e94c23..a158762 100644
--- a/pygal/graph/bar.py
+++ b/pygal/graph/bar.py
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ class Bar(Graph):
                 id="active-%s" % tag,
                 class_='rect reactive')
             if self._horizontal:
-                x += .3 * self.values_font_size
+                x += .3 * self.value_font_size
                 y += height / 2
             else:
-                y += height / 2 + .3 * self.values_font_size
+                y += height / 2 + .3 * self.value_font_size
             self.svg.transposable_node(
                 serie_node['overlay'], 'text',
                 x=x + bar_inner_width / 2,
diff --git a/pygal/graph/graph.py b/pygal/graph/graph.py
index 13014e5..145a99e 100644
--- a/pygal/graph/graph.py
+++ b/pygal/graph/graph.py
@@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ class Graph(BaseGraph):
             self.graph_node, class_="plot overlay",
             transform="translate(%d, %d)" % (
                 self.margin.left, self.margin.top))
+        self.text_overlay = self.svg.node(
+            self.graph_node, class_="plot text-overlay",
+            transform="translate(%d, %d)" % (
+                self.margin.left, self.margin.top))
+        tooltip_overlay = self.svg.node(
+            self.graph_node, class_="tooltip-overlay",
+            transform="translate(%d, %d)" % (
+                self.margin.left, self.margin.top))
+        self.tooltip_node = self.svg.node(tooltip_overlay, id="tooltip")
+        self.svg.node(self.tooltip_node, 'rect',
+                      id="tooltip-box",
+                      rx=5, ry=5,
+        )
+        self.svg.node(self.tooltip_node, 'text')
 
     def _x_axis(self):
         if not self._x_labels:
@@ -140,7 +154,11 @@ class Graph(BaseGraph):
     def _serie(self, serie):
         return dict(
             plot=self.svg.node(
-                self.plot, class_='series serie-%d color-%d' % (serie, serie)),
+                self.plot,
+                class_='series serie-%d color-%d' % (serie, serie)),
             overlay=self.svg.node(
-                self.overlay, class_='series serie-%d color-%d' % (
-                    serie, serie)))
+                self.overlay,
+                class_='series serie-%d color-%d' % (serie, serie)),
+            text_overlay=self.svg.node(
+                self.text_overlay,
+                class_='series serie-%d color-%d' % (serie, serie)))
diff --git a/pygal/graph/line.py b/pygal/graph/line.py
index 6f6668d..c32e2e9 100644
--- a/pygal/graph/line.py
+++ b/pygal/graph/line.py
@@ -48,15 +48,14 @@ class Line(Graph):
         if self.show_dots:
             dots = self.svg.node(serie_node['overlay'], class_="dots")
             for i, (x, y) in enumerate(view_values):
-                dot = self.svg.node(dots, class_='dot')
-                tag = '%d_%d' % (serie.index, i)
-                self.svg.node(dot, 'circle', cx=x, cy=y, r=2.5,
-                              id="active-%s" % tag,
-                              class_='reactive')
-                self.svg.node(dot, 'text', x=x, y=y,
-                              id="reactive-%s" % tag,
-                              class_='reactive-text'
-                ).text = self._get_value(serie.points, i)
+                val = self._get_value(serie.points, i)
+                self.svg.node(dots, 'circle', cx=x, cy=y, r=2.5,
+                              class_='dot reactive tooltip-trigger')
+                self.svg.node(dots, 'desc').text = val
+                self.svg.node(serie_node['text_overlay'], 'text',
+                              x=x + self.value_font_size,
+                              y=y + self.value_font_size,
+                ).text = val
 
         if self.stroke:
             if self.interpolate:
diff --git a/pygal/js/graph.coffee b/pygal/js/graph.coffee
index b8eba2f..455a909 100644
--- a/pygal/js/graph.coffee
+++ b/pygal/js/graph.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 _ = (x) -> document.querySelectorAll(x)
+__ = (x) -> document.getElementById(x)
+padding = 5
+tooltip_timeout = 0
+tooltip_font_size = parseInt("{{ font_sizes.tooltip }}")
+
 
 add_class = (e, class_name) ->
     return if not e
@@ -15,6 +20,8 @@ rm_class = (e, class_name) ->
             cn.splice(i, 1)
     e.setAttribute('class', cn.join(' '))
 
+svg = (tag) -> document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', tag)
+
 activate = (elements...) ->
     for element in elements
         add_class(element, 'active')
@@ -36,15 +43,44 @@ hover = (elts, over, out) ->
         elt.addEventListener('mouseover', over.bind(elt) , false)
         elt.addEventListener('mouseout', out.bind(elt) , false)
 
+tooltip = (elt) ->
+    clearTimeout(tooltip_timeout)
+    _tooltip = __('tooltip')
+    _text = _tooltip.getElementsByTagName('text')[0]
+    _rect = _tooltip.getElementsByTagName('rect')[0]
+    _text.textContent = elt.nextElementSibling.textContent
+    w = _text.offsetWidth + 2 * padding
+    h = _text.offsetHeight + 2 * padding
+    _rect.setAttribute('width', w)
+    _rect.setAttribute('height', h)
+    _text.setAttribute('x', padding)
+    _text.setAttribute('y', padding + tooltip_font_size)
+    x = elt.getAttribute('cx') || elt.getAttribute('x')
+    y = elt.getAttribute('cy') || elt.getAttribute('y')
+    if x - w  > 0
+        x -= w
+    if y - h > 0
+        y -= h
+    _tooltip.setAttribute('transform', "translate(#{x} #{y})")
+
+untooltip = ->
+    tooltip_timeout = setTimeout (->
+        __('tooltip').setAttribute('transform', 'translate(-100000, -100000)')), 1000
+
 @svg_load = ->
+    for text in _('.text-overlay .series')
+        text.setAttribute('display', 'none')
     hover _('.reactive-text'), (-> activate(@, active(@))), (-> deactivate(@, active(@)))
     hover _('.reactive'), (-> activate(@, reactive(@))), (-> deactivate(@, reactive(@)))
     hover _('.activate-serie'), (
         ->
             num = this.id.replace('activate-serie-', '')
+            _('.text-overlay .serie-' + num)[0].setAttribute('display', 'inline')
             for element in _('.serie-' + num + ' .reactive')
                 activate(element, reactive(element))), (
         ->
             num = this.id.replace('activate-serie-', '')
+            _('.text-overlay .serie-' + num)[0].setAttribute('display', 'none')
             for element in _('.serie-' + num + ' .reactive')
                 deactivate(element, reactive(element)))
+    hover _('.tooltip-trigger'), (-> tooltip(@)), (-> untooltip())
diff --git a/pygal/js/graph.js b/pygal/js/graph.js
index 1c75190..5ce2cec 100644
--- a/pygal/js/graph.js
+++ b/pygal/js/graph.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Generated by CoffeeScript 1.2.1-pre
 (function() {
-  var activate, active, add_class, deactivate, hover, reactive, rm_class, _,
+  var activate, active, add_class, deactivate, hover, padding, reactive, rm_class, svg, tooltip, tooltip_font_size, tooltip_timeout, untooltip, _, __,
     __indexOf = [].indexOf || function(item) { for (var i = 0, l = this.length; i < l; i++) { if (i in this && this[i] === item) return i; } return -1; },
     __slice = [].slice;
 
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@
     return document.querySelectorAll(x);
   };
 
+  __ = function(x) {
+    return document.getElementById(x);
+  };
+
+  padding = 5;
+
+  tooltip_timeout = 0;
+
+  tooltip_font_size = parseInt("{{ font_sizes.tooltip }}");
+
   add_class = function(e, class_name) {
     var cn;
     if (!e) return;
@@ -27,6 +37,10 @@
     return e.setAttribute('class', cn.join(' '));
   };
 
+  svg = function(tag) {
+    return document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', tag);
+  };
+
   activate = function() {
     var element, elements, _i, _len, _results;
     elements = 1 <= arguments.length ? __slice.call(arguments, 0) : [];
@@ -76,7 +90,39 @@
     return _results;
   };
 
+  tooltip = function(elt) {
+    var h, w, x, y, _rect, _text, _tooltip;
+    clearTimeout(tooltip_timeout);
+    _tooltip = __('tooltip');
+    _text = _tooltip.getElementsByTagName('text')[0];
+    _rect = _tooltip.getElementsByTagName('rect')[0];
+    _text.textContent = elt.nextElementSibling.textContent;
+    w = _text.offsetWidth + 2 * padding;
+    h = _text.offsetHeight + 2 * padding;
+    _rect.setAttribute('width', w);
+    _rect.setAttribute('height', h);
+    _text.setAttribute('x', padding);
+    _text.setAttribute('y', padding + tooltip_font_size);
+    x = elt.getAttribute('cx') || elt.getAttribute('x');
+    y = elt.getAttribute('cy') || elt.getAttribute('y');
+    if (x - w > 0) x -= w;
+    if (y - h > 0) y -= h;
+    return _tooltip.setAttribute('transform', "translate(" + x + " " + y + ")");
+  };
+
+  untooltip = function() {
+    return tooltip_timeout = setTimeout((function() {
+      return __('tooltip').setAttribute('transform', 'translate(-100000, -100000)');
+    }), 1000);
+  };
+
   this.svg_load = function() {
+    var text, _i, _len, _ref;
+    _ref = _('.text-overlay .series');
+    for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
+      text = _ref[_i];
+      text.setAttribute('display', 'none');
+    }
     hover(_('.reactive-text'), (function() {
       return activate(this, active(this));
     }), (function() {
@@ -87,27 +133,34 @@
     }), (function() {
       return deactivate(this, reactive(this));
     }));
-    return hover(_('.activate-serie'), (function() {
-      var element, num, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
+    hover(_('.activate-serie'), (function() {
+      var element, num, _j, _len2, _ref2, _results;
       num = this.id.replace('activate-serie-', '');
-      _ref = _('.serie-' + num + ' .reactive');
+      _('.text-overlay .serie-' + num)[0].setAttribute('display', 'inline');
+      _ref2 = _('.serie-' + num + ' .reactive');
       _results = [];
-      for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
-        element = _ref[_i];
+      for (_j = 0, _len2 = _ref2.length; _j < _len2; _j++) {
+        element = _ref2[_j];
         _results.push(activate(element, reactive(element)));
       }
       return _results;
     }), (function() {
-      var element, num, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
+      var element, num, _j, _len2, _ref2, _results;
       num = this.id.replace('activate-serie-', '');
-      _ref = _('.serie-' + num + ' .reactive');
+      _('.text-overlay .serie-' + num)[0].setAttribute('display', 'none');
+      _ref2 = _('.serie-' + num + ' .reactive');
       _results = [];
-      for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
-        element = _ref[_i];
+      for (_j = 0, _len2 = _ref2.length; _j < _len2; _j++) {
+        element = _ref2[_j];
         _results.push(deactivate(element, reactive(element)));
       }
       return _results;
     }));
+    return hover(_('.tooltip-trigger'), (function() {
+      return tooltip(this);
+    }), (function() {
+      return untooltip();
+    }));
   };
 
 }).call(this);
diff --git a/pygal/svg.py b/pygal/svg.py
index 335ec5d..f9a11da 100644
--- a/pygal/svg.py
+++ b/pygal/svg.py
@@ -51,14 +51,17 @@ class Svg(object):
             templ = template(
                 f.read(),
                 style=self.graph.style,
-                font_sizes=self.graph.font_sizes,
+                font_sizes=self.graph.font_sizes(),
                 hidden='y' if self.graph._horizontal else 'x')
             style.text = templ.decode('utf-8')
 
     def add_script(self, js):
         script = self.node(self.root, 'script', type='text/javascript')
         with open(js) as f:
-            script.text = f.read()
+            templ = template(
+                 f.read(),
+                font_sizes=self.graph.font_sizes(False))
+            script.text = templ.decode('utf-8')
 
     def node(self, parent=None, tag='g', attrib=None, **extras):
         if parent is None: