diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e64a203..b00f97b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,15 +82,21 @@ Simplest format:
 
 ```text
 Paris Trip
-May 2024
 Paris, France
+May 2024
 ```
 
 Those three lines mean:
 
 1. title
-2. date
-3. place
+2. location
+3. date
+
+If the date line is omitted, movmaker uses the date from the first picture/video and displays it like:
+
+```text
+May 14th 2026
+```
 
 Key/value format also works:
 
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@ date: May 2024
 place: Paris, France
 ```
 
-Optional per-file captions may be supported, but they are not required:
+Optional per-file captions are supported:
 
 ```text
 IMG_001.jpg: Eiffel Tower
diff --git a/movmaker.py b/movmaker.py
index 284fffc..54db5be 100755
--- a/movmaker.py
+++ b/movmaker.py
@@ -223,6 +223,18 @@ def slugify(value: str) -> str:
     return value or "movie"
 
 
+def ordinal_day(day: int) -> str:
+    if 10 <= day % 100 <= 20:
+        suffix = "th"
+    else:
+        suffix = {1: "st", 2: "nd", 3: "rd"}.get(day % 10, "th")
+    return f"{day}{suffix}"
+
+
+def display_date(dt: datetime) -> str:
+    return f"{dt.strftime('%B')} {ordinal_day(dt.day)} {dt.year}"
+
+
 def default_output_path(first_media: Path, data: MovieData, out_dir: Path) -> Path:
     date = media_date(first_media).strftime("%Y%m%d")
     title = slugify(data.title or first_media.parent.name or "movie")
@@ -292,13 +304,13 @@ def parse_data_file(path: Path | None) -> MovieData:
         else:
             plain.append(line)
 
-    # Simple mode: first three non-key lines are title/date/place.
+    # Simple mode: first three non-key lines are title/location/date.
     if plain:
         data.title = data.title or plain[0]
     if len(plain) > 1:
-        data.date = data.date or plain[1]
+        data.place = data.place or plain[1]
     if len(plain) > 2:
-        data.place = data.place or plain[2]
+        data.date = data.date or plain[2]
 
     return data
 
@@ -400,6 +412,7 @@ def build_video(
     title_label = "titled"
     title_font = str(Path.home() / ".local/share/fonts/google/BebasNeue-Regular.ttf")
     stamp_font = str(Path.home() / ".local/share/fonts/google/Inter%5Bopsz,wght%5D.ttf")
+    stamp_bold_font = str(Path.home() / ".local/share/fonts/google/Inter%5Bopsz,wght%5D.ttf")
     if title_lines:
         title_font_size = max(60, height // 10)
         subtitle_font_size = max(40, height // 18)
@@ -438,7 +451,7 @@ def build_video(
         filters.append(f"[{current}]copy[{title_label}]")
 
     caption_label = title_label
-    caption_size = subtitle_font_size if title_lines else max(40, height // 18)
+    caption_size = (subtitle_font_size if title_lines else max(40, height // 18)) + 2
     for idx, caption in enumerate(captions):
         if not caption:
             continue
@@ -463,13 +476,13 @@ def build_video(
         ) if caption_fade > 0 else "1"
         next_label = f"caption{idx}"
         filters.append(
-            f"[{caption_label}]drawtext=fontfile='{title_font}':text='{drawtext_escape(caption)}':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h-text_h-62:"
+            f"[{caption_label}]drawtext=fontfile='{stamp_bold_font}':text='{drawtext_escape(caption)}':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h-text_h-62:"
             f"fontsize={caption_size}:fontcolor=white:borderw=1:bordercolor=black:"
             f"alpha='{caption_alpha}':enable='between(t,{start:.3f},{end:.3f})'[{next_label}]"
         )
         bold_label = f"caption{idx}b"
         filters.append(
-            f"[{next_label}]drawtext=fontfile='{title_font}':text='{drawtext_escape(caption)}':x=(w-text_w)/2+1:y=h-text_h-62:"
+            f"[{next_label}]drawtext=fontfile='{stamp_bold_font}':text='{drawtext_escape(caption)}':x=(w-text_w)/2+1:y=h-text_h-62:"
             f"fontsize={caption_size}:fontcolor=white:borderw=1:bordercolor=black:"
             f"alpha='{caption_alpha}':enable='between(t,{start:.3f},{end:.3f})'[{bold_label}]"
         )
@@ -536,6 +549,8 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
         crf = 28
 
     media, audio_files, data = scan_input(args.input, args.image_duration)
+    if not data.date:
+        data.date = display_date(media_date(media[0].path))
     fade = min(args.fade, max(0.0, args.image_duration - 0.1))
     audio_fade = max(0.0, args.audio_fade)