Example of a chart with axis labels overrunning axis title

axis-title-overrun.spec.json

{
  "$schema": "https://vega.github.io/schema/vega/v4.json",
  "width": 300,
  "height": 240,
  "padding": 5,
  
  "config": {
    "axis": {
      "labelLimit": 500
    }
  },

  "data": [
    {
      "name": "table",
      "values": [
        {"category":"AXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "position":0, "value":0.1},
        {"category":"AXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "position":1, "value":0.6},
        {"category":"BXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "position":2, "value":0.9},
        {"category":"BXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "position":3, "value":0.4},
        {"category":"CXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "position":0, "value":0.7},
        {"category":"CXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "position":1, "value":0.2},
        {"category":"DXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "position":2, "value":1.1},
        {"category":"DXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "position":3, "value":0.8},
        {"category":"EXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "position":0, "value":0.6},
        {"category":"EXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "position":1, "value":0.1},
        {"category":"FXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "position":2, "value":0.2},
        {"category":"FXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "position":3, "value":0.7}
      ]
    }
  ],

  "scales": [
    {
      "name": "yscale",
      "type": "band",
      "domain": {"data": "table", "field": "category"},
      "range": "height",
      "padding": 0.2
    },
    {
      "name": "xscale",
      "type": "linear",
      "domain": {"data": "table", "field": "value"},
      "range": "width",
      "round": true,
      "zero": true,
      "nice": true
    },
    {
      "name": "color",
      "type": "ordinal",
      "domain": {"data": "table", "field": "position"},
      "range": {"scheme": "category20"}
    }
  ],

  "axes": [
    {"orient": "left", "scale": "yscale", "tickSize": 0, "labelPadding": 4, "zindex": 1, "title": "this is my axis title" },
    {"orient": "bottom", "scale": "xscale"}
  ],

  "marks": [
    {
      "type": "group",

      "from": {
        "facet": {
          "data": "table",
          "name": "facet",
          "groupby": "category"
        }
      },

      "encode": {
        "enter": {
          "y": {"scale": "yscale", "field": "category"}
        }
      },

      "signals": [
        {"name": "height", "update": "bandwidth('yscale')"}
      ],

      "scales": [
        {
          "name": "pos",
          "type": "band",
          "range": "height",
          "domain": {"data": "facet", "field": "position"}
        }
      ],

      "marks": [
        {
          "name": "bars",
          "from": {"data": "facet"},
          "type": "rect",
          "encode": {
            "enter": {
              "y": {"scale": "pos", "field": "position"},
              "height": {"scale": "pos", "band": 1},
              "x": {"scale": "xscale", "field": "value"},
              "x2": {"scale": "xscale", "value": 0},
              "fill": {"scale": "color", "field": "position"}
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "text",
          "from": {"data": "bars"},
          "encode": {
            "enter": {
              "x": {"field": "x2", "offset": -5},
              "y": {"field": "y", "offset": {"field": "height", "mult": 0.5}},
              "fill": {"value": "white"},
              "align": {"value": "right"},
              "baseline": {"value": "middle"},
              "text": {"field": "datum.value"}
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}