set origin of text

[Spawnova]

How would I set the origin of the text to be on the left instead of center?

I would like the text to extend to the right of it's position rather than extend in both directions and place the text in the center as seen in this example: http://i.imgur.com/m16B9zV.png

[Fizzlemizz]

I think you're looking for this using "LEFT".

[Spawnova]

That seems right but it isn't quite working for me, here is my code:

local titleText = frame:CreateFontString("sdr_title_text", "OVERLAY")
titleText:SetFont("Fonts\\FRIZQT__.TTF", 13, "THICKOUTLINE")
titleText:SetPoint("TOP",0,20)
titleText:SetText("AbilityNameHere")
titleText:SetJustifyH("LEFT")

and in game I get no errors but it is not working.

[Duugu]

The text is not aligned to the left? Or it is not shown? What does "not working" mean?

[Haleth]

You're not providing an anchor point for your text. Try this:

titleText:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", frame, "TOP", 0, 20)

[Spawnova]

Thank you Fizzlemizz and haleth that has solved my problem. =)

[SDPhantom]

Setting the text alignment for a fontstring only really applies to displaying multiple lines in a single object. When you have one line in a box without defined dimensions, it's left to the anchor to dictate how the text is aligned.