diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 52795c4..0404237 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ maintainers = [
 authors = [
   { name = "Jane Doe" },
 ]
-requires-python = ">=3.11"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
 classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
-  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ envs.default.dependency-groups = [ "dev" ]
 envs.hatch-test.dependency-groups = [ "dev", "test" ]
 envs.hatch-test.matrix = [
   # Test the lowest and highest supported Python versions with normal deps
-  { deps = [ "stable" ], python = [ "3.11", "3.14" ] },
+  { deps = [ "stable" ], python = [ "3.12", "3.14" ] },
   # Test the newest supported Python version also with pre-release deps
   { deps = [ "pre" ], python = [ "3.14" ] },
 ]
diff --git a/src/fancypackage/plotting/__init__.py b/src/fancypackage/plotting/__init__.py
index 537f882..b2b4853 100644
--- a/src/fancypackage/plotting/__init__.py
+++ b/src/fancypackage/plotting/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 from ._embedding import plot_embedding
+from ._styles import style_context
 
-__all__ = ["plot_embedding"]
+__all__ = ["plot_embedding", "style_context"]
diff --git a/src/fancypackage/plotting/_styles.py b/src/fancypackage/plotting/_styles.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d24899a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fancypackage/plotting/_styles.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# Adapted from https://github.com/adamgayoso/mplscience/tree/main/mplscience/_styledata
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+
+import matplotlib
+
+_default = {
+    "svg.fonttype": "none",
+    "pdf.fonttype": 42,
+    "savefig.transparent": True,
+    "figure.figsize": (4, 4),
+    "axes.titlesize": 12,
+    "axes.titlepad": 8.0,
+    "axes.labelsize": 12,
+    "axes.linewidth": 1.2,
+    "axes.labelpad": 6.0,
+    "font.size": 12,
+    "font.family": "sans-serif",
+    "font.sans-serif": ["Arial", "Helvetica", "Computer Modern Sans Serif", "DejaVU Sans"],
+    "xtick.labelsize": 12,
+    "xtick.minor.size": 1.375,
+    "xtick.major.size": 2.75,
+    "xtick.major.pad": 2,
+    "xtick.minor.pad": 2,
+    "ytick.labelsize": 12,
+    "ytick.minor.size": 1.375,
+    "ytick.major.size": 2.75,
+    "ytick.major.pad": 2,
+    "ytick.minor.pad": 2,
+    "legend.fontsize": 12,
+    "legend.handlelength": 1.4,
+    "legend.numpoints": 1,
+    "legend.scatterpoints": 1,
+    "legend.frameon": False,
+    "lines.linewidth": 1.7,
+}
+
+_despine = {
+    "axes.spines.top": False,
+    "axes.spines.right": False,
+}
+
+STYLES = {"default": _default, "despine": _despine}
+
+
+def style_context(
+    context: str | dict | Iterable[str | dict] = ("default", "despine"), reset_current: bool = False, **kwargs
+):
+    """Create a style context for plotting.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    context
+        Style name(s) or settings to apply. Available: "default", "despine".
+    reset_current
+        Reset any custom styling before applying the context.
+    kwargs
+        Optional keyword arguments. To set specific rcparams, pass them as a dictionary via the `rcparams` argument.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    A matplotlib rc_context with the selected style(s).
+    """
+    rcparams = {}
+    context = [context] if isinstance(context, (str, dict)) else context
+
+    if reset_current:
+        from seaborn import reset_orig
+
+        reset_orig()
+
+    for spec in context:
+        if isinstance(spec, str) and (spec not in STYLES):
+            raise ValueError(f"Style '{spec}' not found. Available: {', '.join(f"'{style}'" for style in STYLES)}")
+        elif isinstance(spec, str):
+            rcparams.update(STYLES[spec])
+        else:
+            rcparams.update(spec)
+    if "rcparams" in kwargs:
+        rcparams.update(kwargs["rcparams"])
+
+    return matplotlib.rc_context(rcparams)