Pigs are bars of type metal which are formed by pouring molten type metal into molds.
These are loaded up and hung over the melting pot on the Linotype machines, which slowly lower them as the metal is used. Thanks to computers, nobody does this very much anymore. Pigs are bars of type metal which are formed by pouring molten type metal into molds. These are loaded up and hung over the melting pot on the Linotype machines, which slowly lower them as the metal is used. Thanks to computers, nobody does this very much anymore.