I was wondering how to create triangle out of asterisks on its tip rather than on its base.

I have the code for making it stand on its base:

    public static String printTriangle (int count) 
{
    if( count <= 0 ) return "";

    String p = printTriangle(count - 1);
    p = p + "*";
    System.out.print(p);
    System.out.print("\n");

    return p;
 }

But then I'm stuck on how to have the greatest number of stars on the top, and then the next least, and so on. I was thinking something along the terms of having (count - p) to have the input of rows be subtracted from the amount of decrease, but then i was confused by this idea because p is string.

EDIT: I tried changing the position of printTriangle(count - 1) using my original method without iterations and got 1 star per each line; how can I fix this?

public class triangles 
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    printTriangle(5);
}
public static String printTriangle (int count) 
{
    if( count <= 0 ) return "";
      String p = "";
    p = p + "*";
    System.out.print(p);
    System.out.print("\n");
     p = printTriangle(count - 1);
    return p;

         }


}