Why use black text? Change the color of the text to suit.
See Fig 6.5.2 in http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-tool-text.html
I wrote e.g. black text.
It is a suggestion for improvement of the text tool options for the next
versions of Gimp.
I find the text tool to be quite important. :-)
I would like to insert several small rectangles of text with a certain
background and foreground color with a stroke around.
E.g. black text on white background color and a selection stroke around
each rectangle.
Each text piece should be inserted in one go.
I mean the above items should be