Prevent of labels overlapping in Chart.js - Javascript Chart.js

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Prevent of labels overlapping in Chart.js

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<html>
   <head> 
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
      <script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.js"></script> 
      <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.6.0/Chart.min.js"></script> 
      <script type="text/javascript">
    window.onload=function(){//  w  w  w .ja v a  2 s.  c  om
var ctx = $('#myChart');
var myChart = new Chart(ctx, {
   type: 'horizontalBar',
   data: {
      labels: ["Red", "Blue", "Yellow", "Green", "Purple", "Orange"],
      datasets: [{
         label: '# of Votes',
         data: [12, 19, 3, 5, 2, 3],
         backgroundColor: [
            'rgba(255, 99, 132, 0.2)',
            'rgba(54, 162, 235, 0.2)',
            'rgba(255, 206, 86, 0.2)',
            'rgba(75, 192, 192, 0.2)',
            'rgba(153, 102, 255, 0.2)',
            'rgba(255, 159, 64, 0.2)'
         ],
         borderColor: [
            'rgba(255,99,132,1)',
            'rgba(54, 162, 235, 1)',
            'rgba(255, 206, 86, 1)',
            'rgba(75, 192, 192, 1)',
            'rgba(153, 102, 255, 1)',
            'rgba(255, 159, 64, 1)'
         ],
         borderWidth: 1
      }]
   },
   options: {
      scales: {
         xAxes: [{
            ticks: {
               beginAtZero: true
            }
         }]
      }
   },
   plugins: [{
      beforeDraw: function(c) {
         var chartHeight = c.chart.height;
         c.scales['y-axis-0'].options.ticks.fontSize = chartHeight * 6 / 100; //fontSize: 6% of canvas height
      }
   }]
});
    }

      </script> 
   </head> 
   <body> 
      <div class="graph"> 
         <div class="chart-legend"> 
         </div> 
         <div class="chart"> 
            <canvas id="myChart"></canvas> 
         </div> 
      </div>  
   </body>
</html>

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