diff --git a/movmaker.py b/movmaker.py
index e6bb8ec..284fffc 100755
--- a/movmaker.py
+++ b/movmaker.py
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ def build_video(
     stamp_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(34, height // 20)
+        subtitle_font_size = max(40, height // 18)
         main_title = data.title or title_lines[0]
         subtitle = " | ".join(x for x in [data.date, data.place] if x)
         title_alpha = "if(lt(t\\,5)\\,1\\,if(lt(t\\,6)\\,6-t\\,0))"
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ def build_video(
         filters.append(f"[{current}]copy[{title_label}]")
 
     caption_label = title_label
-    caption_size = max(18, height // 42)
+    caption_size = subtitle_font_size if title_lines else max(40, height // 18)
     for idx, caption in enumerate(captions):
         if not caption:
             continue
@@ -456,13 +456,24 @@ def build_video(
             end = transition_offsets[idx]
         if end <= start:
             continue
+        caption_fade = min(1.0, max(0.0, (end - start) / 2))
+        caption_alpha = (
+            f"if(lt(t\\,{start + caption_fade:.3f})\\,(t-{start:.3f})/{caption_fade:.3f}\\,"
+            f"if(lt(t\\,{end - caption_fade:.3f})\\,1\\,({end:.3f}-t)/{caption_fade:.3f}))"
+        ) if caption_fade > 0 else "1"
         next_label = f"caption{idx}"
         filters.append(
-            f"[{caption_label}]drawtext=fontfile='{stamp_font}':text='{drawtext_escape(caption)}':x=(w-text_w)/2:y=h-text_h-62:"
+            f"[{caption_label}]drawtext=fontfile='{title_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"enable='between(t,{start:.3f},{end:.3f})'[{next_label}]"
+            f"alpha='{caption_alpha}':enable='between(t,{start:.3f},{end:.3f})'[{next_label}]"
         )
-        caption_label = 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"fontsize={caption_size}:fontcolor=white:borderw=1:bordercolor=black:"
+            f"alpha='{caption_alpha}':enable='between(t,{start:.3f},{end:.3f})'[{bold_label}]"
+        )
+        caption_label = bold_label
 
     stamp_size = max(14, height // 65)
     stamp_lines = [x for x in [data.title, data.date, data.place] if x]