diff --git a/doomsday/client/client.pro b/doomsday/client/client.pro
index 6e9da6cf6e..c1a61789c8 100644
--- a/doomsday/client/client.pro
+++ b/doomsday/client/client.pro
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ DENG_HEADERS += \
     include/ui/ui2_main.h \
     include/ui/ui_main.h \
     include/ui/ui_panel.h \
+    include/ui/widgets/alignment.h \
     include/ui/widgets/busywidget.h \
     include/ui/widgets/buttonwidget.h \ 
     include/ui/widgets/consolecommandwidget.h \
diff --git a/doomsday/client/include/ui/widgets/gltextcomposer.h b/doomsday/client/include/ui/widgets/gltextcomposer.h
index 22dba536ad..006b360acf 100644
--- a/doomsday/client/include/ui/widgets/gltextcomposer.h
+++ b/doomsday/client/include/ui/widgets/gltextcomposer.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <de/Atlas>
 #include <de/GLBuffer>
 
+#include "alignment.h"
 #include "fontlinewrapping.h"
 
 /**
@@ -37,22 +38,6 @@ class GLTextComposer
     typedef de::GLBufferT<Vertex> VertexBuf;
     typedef VertexBuf::Builder    Vertices;
 
-    /**
-     * Flags for specifying alignment.
-     */
-    enum AlignmentFlag
-    {
-        AlignTop    = 0x1,
-        AlignBottom = 0x2,
-        AlignLeft   = 0x4,
-        AlignRight  = 0x8,
-
-        AlignCenter = 0,
-
-        DefaultAlignment = AlignCenter
-    };
-    Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(Alignment, AlignmentFlag)
-
 public:
     GLTextComposer();
 
@@ -78,7 +63,8 @@ class GLTextComposer
 
     void makeVertices(Vertices &triStrip,
                       de::Vector2i const &topLeft,
-                      Alignment const &lineAlign);
+                      Alignment const &lineAlign,
+                      de::Vector4f const &color = de::Vector4f(1, 1, 1, 1));
 
     /**
      * Generates vertices for all the text lines and concatenates them
@@ -89,12 +75,11 @@ class GLTextComposer
     void makeVertices(Vertices &triStrip,
                       de::Rectanglei const &rect,
                       Alignment const &alignInRect,
-                      Alignment const &lineAlign);
+                      Alignment const &lineAlign,
+                      de::Vector4f const &color = de::Vector4f(1, 1, 1, 1));
 
 private:
     DENG2_PRIVATE(d)
 };
 
-Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(GLTextComposer::Alignment)
-
 #endif // DENG_CLIENT_GLTEXTCOMPOSER_H
diff --git a/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/gltextcomposer.cpp b/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/gltextcomposer.cpp
index 2533f38cba..cb8e14dcf9 100644
--- a/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/gltextcomposer.cpp
+++ b/doomsday/client/src/ui/widgets/gltextcomposer.cpp
@@ -167,15 +167,17 @@ bool GLTextComposer::update()
 
 void GLTextComposer::makeVertices(Vertices &triStrip,
                                   Vector2i const &topLeft,
-                                  Alignment const &lineAlign)
+                                  Alignment const &lineAlign,
+                                  Vector4f const &color)
 {
-    makeVertices(triStrip, Rectanglei(topLeft, topLeft), AlignTop | AlignLeft, lineAlign);
+    makeVertices(triStrip, Rectanglei(topLeft, topLeft), AlignTopLeft, lineAlign, color);
 }
 
 void GLTextComposer::makeVertices(Vertices &triStrip,
                                   Rectanglei const &rect,
                                   Alignment const &alignInRect,
-                                  Alignment const &lineAlign)
+                                  Alignment const &lineAlign,
+                                  Vector4f const &color)
 {
     // Top left corner.
     Vector2f p = rect.topLeft;
@@ -183,22 +185,7 @@ void GLTextComposer::makeVertices(Vertices &triStrip,
     Vector2i const contentSize(d->wraps->width(), d->wraps->totalHeightInPixels());
 
     // Apply alignment within the provided rectangle.
-    if(alignInRect.testFlag(AlignRight))
-    {
-        p.x += int(rect.width()) - contentSize.x;
-    }
-    else if(!alignInRect.testFlag(AlignLeft))
-    {
-        p.x += (int(rect.width()) - contentSize.x) / 2;
-    }
-    if(alignInRect.testFlag(AlignBottom))
-    {
-        p.y += int(rect.height()) - contentSize.y;
-    }
-    else if(!alignInRect.testFlag(AlignTop))
-    {
-        p.y += (int(rect.height()) - contentSize.y) / 2;
-    }
+    p = applyAlignment(alignInRect, p, contentSize, rect);
 
     DENG2_ASSERT(d->wraps->height() == d->lines.size());
 
@@ -223,7 +210,7 @@ void GLTextComposer::makeVertices(Vertices &triStrip,
                 linePos.x += (int(rect.width()) - int(size.x)) / 2;
             }
 
-            triStrip.makeQuad(Rectanglef::fromSize(linePos, size), Vector4f(1, 1, 1, 1), uv);
+            triStrip.makeQuad(Rectanglef::fromSize(linePos, size), color, uv);
         }
         p.y += d->font->lineSpacing().value();
     }