Fonts: 7 Fresh Free Fonts for Your Designs

http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/7-fresh-free-fonts-for-your-designs

High-Quality Free Fonts

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/08/02/new-high-quality-free-fonts/

10 New Free Fonts for Your Delight

http://webdesignledger.com/freebies/10-new-free-fonts-for-your-delight

GIMP: 30 GIMP Text Effect & Typography Tutorials Collection

http://superdit.com/2011/05/27/30-gimp-text-effect-typography-tutorials-collection/

creating text border
http://www.gimptalk.com/index.php?/topic/42509-how-to-create-inset-typography-in-gimp/
Select Text highlight, make the selection one pixel smaller (with Select > Shrink) and invert the selection with Ctrl+i or Select > Invert. Now fill the Text highlight layer with a white color. After you've done that you invert the selection again, make it one pixel bigger (with Select > Grow), invert the selection again and press delete or Edit > Clear.

You can clear the selection with Select > None or Ctrl+Shift+A.