Shapereader is a system for tactile storytelling, built on a repertoire of tactile ideograms initially designed for blind and partially sighted readers and makers of comics. Shapereader promotes an embodied, non-retinal graphic experience and establishes tactility and the embodied mind as active conduits for synthesizing elements of storytelling. It is a transdisciplinary project with an international outreach, unique in the history of comics, engaging with a variety of different operators situated in diverse fields of expertise and contexts: From the comics industry and contemporary art museums, to literary festivals, disability fairs and community work, Shapereader’s tactile scores have recently found applications in the field of contemporary music, performance and musical notation.