Dotfill Not Completely Filling Dots

Question

I am typesetting a book and am using dotfill to produce a sequence of dots extending to the displayed page number in the Table of Contents.
Alas, with the following (MWE) code
documentclass[12pt]{book}

usepackage{tocloft}

begin{document}

chapter*{textbf{TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE}}
addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{textbf{Translator's Preface dotfill}}

newpage

tableofcontents
end{document}

I produce the following output:

Can somebody help me to remedy this so that the dots extend all the way to the page number as usual?

Werner · Accepted Answer

This happens because tocloft already inserts a leader as part of setting a chapter in the ToC; it's just a blank leader (or hfill). And, butting these leaders together (a dotfill and hfill) just makes them share the distance between the end points. That's why your leader - dotfill - goes only half-way.
Remedy this by specifying the appropriate chapter leader using tocloft's style:
renewcommand{cftchapleader}{dotfill}

Remember to remove the dotfill from your addcontentsline insertion.
If you want it bold you can use:
renewcommand{cftchapleader{bfseries dotfill}}

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