Custom Leader Dots

I should know this but am having trouble making uniform leader dots for a ToC
no matter the size/font of each line entry.
I did read one thread, but it wasn't clear. Someone suggested adding underline to a leader that
you can then customize with a dotted rule in character styles?
I have always done shift+dash in the leader field in tabs but this tactic doesn't give
me access to stroke options.
Thanks,
Jane

Thanks riott.girl. I must not have explained my situation
well enough. I have different font styles and sizes in the
Table of contents list. If you just use a period, for example, each line
entry will have a line of leader dots based on that
font size and style. This means they all look different.
I am trying to find a way to easily make them all the
same.
The only way to do that using your suggestion is to
then select each line of dots and set up different
character styles. But they won't be identical without
lots of work. The line of dots mimics the letterspacing
of the font. Some are tighter, some are more loose.
There must be a way to make them all identical without
so much fiddling.
If you're not sure what I'm talking about, set up a
list with different levels of text (like main head, subhead,
sub-subhead), style them differently and apply a period
in the leader box.

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